Floppy Disc
[ˈflɔpiˌdɪsk]
The verdict
“Floppy Disc” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Abart der Magnetplatte, die auf einer flexiblen Trägerschicht aus Kunststoff aufgebaut ist, auf der eine magnetische Schicht aufgebracht ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Floppy Disc |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈflɔpiˌdɪsk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Floppy Disc” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Floppy Disc is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈflɔpiˌdɪsk]. 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: "eine Abart der Magnetplatte, die auf einer flexiblen Trägerschicht aus Kunststoff aufgebaut ist, auf der eine magnetische Schicht aufgebracht ist".
Floppy Disc has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Floppy Disc, spelled F-L-O-P-P-Y- -D-I-S-C.
Definition
- 1eine Abart der Magnetplatte, die auf einer flexiblen Trägerschicht aus Kunststoff aufgebaut ist, auf der eine magnetische Schicht aufgebracht ist
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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.
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Using “Floppy Disc”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-L-O-P-P-Y- -D-I-S-C - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈflɔpiˌdɪsk] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.