electronics

/[ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪks]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#31,022

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

electronics is aGermannoun. It means: die mit Elektronen befasste Wissenschaft und Industrie Pronounced [ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪks].

Key facts for electronics
PropertyValue
Headwordelectronics
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪks]
Letters11
Frequency rank#31,022
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of electronics in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for electronics is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪks]. Corpus data places it at rank #31,022 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for electronics, with forms such as "eelctronics", "elcetronics", and "elecctronics". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is electronics, spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-C-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die mit Elektronen befasste Wissenschaft und Industrie
  2. 2
    Erzeugnisse dieser Wissenschaft und Industrie

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eelctronics,elcetronics,elecctronics,elecrtonics,electornics,electrnoics,electroincs,electroncis,electroniccs,electronicss,electronisc,electronnics,electrronics,electtronics,eletcronics,ellectronics,leectronics

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for electronics

Misspelling Variants of "electronics"

eelctronics11elcetronics11elecctronics12elecrtonics11electornics11electrnoics11electroincs11electroncis11
Misspelling Variants of "electronics"

Frequency rank: #31,022 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "electronics"?
"electronics" is spelled E-L-E-C-T-R-O-N-I-C-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪks].
What does "electronics" mean?
As a noun, "electronics" means: die mit Elektronen befasste Wissenschaft und Industrie
What are common misspellings of "electronics"?
Common misspellings include "eelctronics", "elcetronics", "elecctronics", "elecrtonics", "electornics". The correct spelling is "electronics".
How do you pronounce "electronics"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "electronics" is [ɪˌlekˈtrɒnɪks]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "electronics" come from?
"electronics" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.