Exa-
[ɛksa]
The verdict
“Exa-” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a prefix - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Vorsatz für SI-Einheiten, SI-Einheiten-Präfix für Maßeinheiten bedeutet 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Exa- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [ɛksa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Exa-” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Exa- is 4 letters long, classified as a prefix, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɛksa]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Vorsatz für SI-Einheiten, SI-Einheiten-Präfix für Maßeinheiten bedeutet 1 000 000 000 000 000 000".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Exa- in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Exa-, spelled E-X-A--.
Definition
- 1Vorsatz für SI-Einheiten, SI-Einheiten-Präfix für Maßeinheiten bedeutet 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
This word in other languages
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.
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Using “Exa-”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is E-X-A-- - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɛksa] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.