Geheimzahl
[ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌt͡saːl]
The verdict
“Geheimzahl” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nur dem Berechtigten bekannte Zahl, die am Bankautomaten den Zugang zum Konto ermöglicht
Corpus desk
Index DE-geheimzahl · Geheimzahl · German
Geheimzahl · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" 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 | Geheimzahl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌt͡saːl] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Geheimzahl“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Geheimzahl is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡəˈhaɪ̯mˌt͡saːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nur dem Berechtigten bekannte Zahl, die am Bankautomaten den Zugang zum Konto ermöglicht".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Geheimzahl, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Geheimzahl, spelled G-E-H-E-I-M-Z-A-H-L.
Definition
- 1nur dem Berechtigten bekannte Zahl, die am Bankautomaten den Zugang zum Konto ermöglicht
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Geheimzahl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wenn jemand die Geheimzahl einer Karte nicht kennt (weil es nicht seine Karte ist oder weil er seine PIN schlicht vergessen hat), so hat er höchstens drei sukzessive Fehlversuche, das heißt drei aufeinanderfolgende falsche Eingaben.“
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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.