Emoticon
[eˈmoːtikɔn]
The verdict
“Emoticon” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus einer Zeichenfolge gebildetes Smiley, das den jeweiligen Gefühlszustand des Autors wiedergibt und so zu einer digitalen oder graphisch-analogen Gefühlsäußerung macht.
Corpus desk
Index DE-emoticon · Emoticon · German
Emoticon · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "E" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Emoticon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [eˈmoːtikɔn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Emoticon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Emoticon is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [eˈmoːtikɔn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus einer Zeichenfolge gebildetes Smiley, das den jeweiligen Gefühlszustand des Autors wiedergibt und so zu einer digitalen oder graphisch-analogen Gefühlsäußerung macht.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Emoticon, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Emoticon, spelled E-M-O-T-I-C-O-N.
Definition
- 1aus einer Zeichenfolge gebildetes Smiley, das den jeweiligen Gefühlszustand des Autors wiedergibt und so zu einer digitalen oder graphisch-analogen Gefühlsäußerung macht.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Emoticon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Erkennen kann man die Emoticons am besten durch eine Drehung von 90°.“
„Emoticons, insbesondere Smileys, sind besonders augenfällig und lassen sich in den Freizeittexten überaus zahlreich und in verschiedenen Variationen belegen.“
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.