IAAF

abbrev

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The verdict

“IAAF” is uncommon German (frequency #91,759 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#91,759
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - International Association of Athletics Federations; internationaler Leichtathletik-Verband, seit 2020 World Athletics

Corpus desk

Index DE-iaaf · IAAF · German

IAAF · rank #91,759 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #91,759
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Häcksler

Nearest frequency peer: Häcksler (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „IAAF“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „IAAF“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IAAF
PropertyValue
HeadwordIAAF
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Frequency rank#91,759
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IAAF“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).IAAFfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Häcksler“ (#91,758), „Iffland“ (#91,760), „IfSG“ (#91,761). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „IAAF“ bei #91,759. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IAAF is uncommon German at frequency #91,759 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "International Association of Athletics Federations; internationaler Leichtathletik-Verband, seit 2020 World Athletics".

No generated misspelling entries exist for IAAF in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

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 IAAF, spelled I-A-A-F.

Definition

  1. 1
    International Association of Athletics Federations; internationaler Leichtathletik-Verband, seit 2020 World Athletics

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how IAAF appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die IAAF ist Ausrichter der Leichtathletik-Weltmeisterschaften.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "IAAF"?
"IAAF" is spelled I-A-A-F.
What does "IAAF" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IAAF" means: International Association of Athletics Federations; internationaler Leichtathletik-Verband, seit 2020 World Athletics
What language does "IAAF" come from?
"IAAF" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "IAAF", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

IfSG#91,761hoho#91,747HOAI#91,740Kilt#91,810

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list