dpi
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The verdict
“dpi” is uncommon German (frequency #82,666 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,666
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dots per inch - Punkte pro Zoll; Größenangabe, die aussagt, wie viele Bildpunkte pro Quadratzoll dargestellt beziehungsweise verarbeitet werden können; Punktdichte
Corpus desk
Index DE-dpi · dpi · German
dpi · rank #82,666 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,666
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH Drehbewegung
Nearest frequency peer: Drehbewegung (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „dpi“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- dish
dish
17,339 corpus weight
- Diskuswurf
Diskuswurf
17,338 corpus weight
- Dokumentati…
Dokumentationszentrum
17,337 corpus weight
- dpi
dpi
17,335 corpus weight
- Drehbewegung
Drehbewegung
17,334 corpus weight
- Dreiteilung
Dreiteilung
17,332 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „dpi“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „dpi“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
dpi is uncommon German at frequency #82,666 among 2,764 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how dpi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Für Bildschirmdarstellungen hat sich allgemein der Begriff dpi eingebürgert, auch wenn er sich eigentlich auf die Auflösung zum Beispiel von Tintenstrahldruckern bezieht.
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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