Festkommazahl
[ˈfɛstkɔmaˌt͡saːl]
The verdict
“Festkommazahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zahl mit einer festen Anzahl von Ziffern und fest vorgegebener Position des Dezimalkommas
Corpus desk
Index DE-festkommazahl · Festkommazahl · German
Festkommazahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" 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 | Festkommazahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈfɛstkɔmaˌt͡saːl] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Festkommazahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Festkommazahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈfɛstkɔmaˌt͡saːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zahl mit einer festen Anzahl von Ziffern und fest vorgegebener Position des Dezimalkommas".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Festkommazahl, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Festkommazahl, spelled F-E-S-T-K-O-M-M-A-Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1Zahl mit einer festen Anzahl von Ziffern und fest vorgegebener Position des Dezimalkommas
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Festkommazahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei der dualen Addition von zwei Festkommazahlen werden die negativen Zahlen als Zweierkomplement dargestellt.
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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.