IAEA

abbrev

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The verdict

“IAEA” is uncommon German (frequency #80,509 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,509
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für International Atomic Energy Agency - Internationale Atomenergie-Organisation

Corpus desk

Index DE-iaea · IAEA · German

IAEA · rank #80,509 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,509
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH IATA

Nearest frequency peer: IATA (+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 „IAEA“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IAEA
PropertyValue
HeadwordIAEA
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,509
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IAEA“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.IAEAfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „IATA“ (#80,510), „Hörbüchern“ (#80,507), „Ideengeschichte“ (#80,512). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „IAEA“ bei #80,509. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IAEA is uncommon German at frequency #80,509 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Abkürzung für International Atomic Energy Agency - Internationale Atomenergie-Organisation".

Zero misspellings are on record for IAEA in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is IAEA, spelled I-A-E-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für International Atomic Energy Agency - Internationale Atomenergie-Organisation

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. The first plan gave the IAEA more access to Iranian sites.

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 "IAEA"?
"IAEA" is spelled I-A-E-A.
What does "IAEA" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IAEA" means: Abkürzung für International Atomic Energy Agency - Internationale Atomenergie-Organisation
What language does "IAEA" come from?
"IAEA" 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 "IAEA", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

IATA#80,510jace#80,536JSON#80,542FCKW#80,346

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list