Exa-
[ɛksa]
The verdict
“Exa-” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a prefix. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vorsatz für SI-Einheiten, SI-Einheiten-Präfix für Maßeinheiten bedeutet 1 000 000 000 000 000 000
Corpus desk
Index DE-exa · Exa- · German
Exa- · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | Exa- |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Prefix |
| IPA | [ɛksa] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Exa-“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Exa- is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aprefix, transcribed [ɛksa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Exa- appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Exa- steckt zum Beispiel in dem Wort „Exabecquerel“ (= eine Trillion Becquerel).
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.