Initiale
[iniˈt͡si̯aːlə]
The verdict
“Initiale” is uncommon German (frequency #54,627 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #54,627
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anfangsbuchstabe, besonders
Corpus desk
Index DE-initiale · Initiale · German
Initiale · rank #54,627 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #54,627
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Indianapolis
Nearest frequency peer: Indianapolis (-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 „Initiale“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Höppner
Höppner
45,379 corpus weight
- hüllt
hüllt
45,378 corpus weight
- imponiert
imponiert
45,376 corpus weight
- Indianapolis
Indianapolis
45,375 corpus weight
- Initiale
Initiale
45,374 corpus weight
- interaktives
interaktives
45,371 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Initiale“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Initiale |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iniˈt͡si̯aːlə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #54,627 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Initiale“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Initiale is uncommon German at frequency #54,627 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iniˈt͡si̯aːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Initiale in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 Initiale, spelled I-N-I-T-I-A-L-E.
Definition
- 1Anfangsbuchstabe, besonders
- 2ausgeschmückter Anfangsbuchstabe – meist als Großbuchstabe
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Initiale appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Er hat gesagt, er wollte nachsehen, ob seine Initialen noch an einer der Klotüren waren.“
„Drei der älteren Jungs aus seiner Schule - der große Kevin, der kleine Kevin und ihr Anführer, Amir Kindell - waren damit beschäftigt, ihre Initialen in die Holzpfosten der Schaukeln zu schnitzen.“
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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