IATA

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The verdict

“IATA” is uncommon German (frequency #80,510 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,510
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - International Air Transport Association

Corpus desk

Index DE-iata · IATA · German

IATA · rank #80,510 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,510
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH IAEA

Nearest frequency peer: IAEA (-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 „IATA“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IATA
PropertyValue
HeadwordIATA
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#80,510
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IATA“ im Deutschen

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

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

IATA is uncommon German at frequency #80,510 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "International Air Transport Association".

No misspelling variants are generated for IATA in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 IATA, spelled I-A-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    International Air Transport Association

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. IATA supports airline activity and helps formulate industry policy and standards.

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 "IATA"?
"IATA" is spelled I-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "IATA" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IATA" means: International Air Transport Association
How do you pronounce "IATA"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "IATA" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "IATA" come from?
"IATA" 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 "IATA", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

IAEA#80,509jace#80,536JSON#80,542FCKW#80,346

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list