IKT

[i ka teː]

/[i ka teː]/ abbrev

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The verdict

“IKT” is uncommon German (frequency #75,791 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,791
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abkürzung für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie

Corpus desk

Index DE-ikt · IKT · German

IKT · rank #75,791 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,791
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH IKK

Nearest frequency peer: IKK (-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 „IKT“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for IKT
PropertyValue
HeadwordIKT
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[i ka teː]
Letters3
Frequency rank#75,791
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „IKT“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „IKK“ (#75,790), „Imagines“ (#75,794), „hyphen“ (#75,787). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „IKT“ bei #75,791. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

IKT is uncommon German at frequency #75,791 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed [i ka teː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for IKT, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is IKT, spelled I-K-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abkürzung für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie
  2. 2
    Abkürzung für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Moderne Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) haben in Deutschland seit 1995 eine rasante Verbreitung gefunden.
  2. Die Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik ( IKT ) nimmt einen immer wichtigeren Platz in unserer Gesellschaft ein.

This word in other languages

ICT(English)

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 "IKT"?
"IKT" is spelled I-K-T. The IPA pronunciation is [i ka teː].
What does "IKT" mean?
As an abbreviation, "IKT" means: Abkürzung für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie
How do you pronounce "IKT"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "IKT" is [i ka teː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "IKT" come from?
"IKT" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

IKK#75,790lys#75,939FFW#75,631MI6#75,967

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list