Ikon
[iˈkoːn]
The verdict
“Ikon” is uncommon German (frequency #93,096 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,096
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeichentyp, bei dem die Form seiner Bedeutung ähnelt
Corpus desk
Index DE-ikon · Ikon · German
Ikon · rank #93,096 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,096
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH iis
Nearest frequency peer: iis (-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 „Ikon“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- IgG
IgG
6,908 corpus weight
- ignore
ignore
6,907 corpus weight
- iis
iis
6,906 corpus weight
- Ikon
Ikon
6,905 corpus weight
- Illustrator…
Illustratoren
6,904 corpus weight
- imaginär
imaginär
6,903 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ikon“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ikon |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈkoːn] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #93,096 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ikon“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ikon is uncommon German at frequency #93,096 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iˈkoːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zeichentyp, bei dem die Form seiner Bedeutung ähnelt".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Ikon, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Ikon, spelled I-K-O-N.
Definition
- 1Zeichentyp, bei dem die Form seiner Bedeutung ähnelt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ikon appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Kuckuck“, „Uhu“ und „Zilpzalp“ sind Beispiele für den Zeichentyp Ikon.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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