dpi
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The verdict
“dpi” is uncommon German (frequency #82,666 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,666
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - dots per inch - Punkte pro Zoll; Größenangabe, die aussagt, wie viele Bildpunkte pro Quadratzoll dargestellt beziehungsweise verarbeitet werden können; Punktdichte
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dpi |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #82,666 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dpi” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
dpi is uncommon German at frequency #82,666 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dots per inch - Punkte pro Zoll; Größenangabe, die aussagt, wie viele Bildpunkte pro Quadratzoll dargestellt beziehungsweise verarbeitet werden können; Punktdichte".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for dpi, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is dpi, spelled D-P-I.
Definition
- 1dots per inch - Punkte pro Zoll; Größenangabe, die aussagt, wie viele Bildpunkte pro Quadratzoll dargestellt beziehungsweise verarbeitet werden können; Punktdichte
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “dpi”
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- The one correct German spelling is D-P-I - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.