Internationale Phonetische Alphabet
[ɪntɐnat͡si̯oˌnaːlə foˌneːtɪʃə alfaˈbeːt]
The verdict
“Internationale Phonetische Alphabet” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 35
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Internationale Phonetische Alphabet |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪntɐnat͡si̯oˌnaːlə foˌneːtɪʃə alfaˈbeːt] |
| Letters | 35 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Internationale Phonetische Alphabet” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Internationale Phonetische Alphabet is 35 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪntɐnat͡si̯oˌnaːlə foˌneːtɪʃə alfaˈbeːt]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Internationale Phonetische Alphabet in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Internationale Phonetische Alphabet, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E- -P-H-O-N-E-T-I-S-C-H-E- -A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet
- 2Akkusativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs Internationales Phonetisches Alphabet
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct German spelling is I-N-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-O-N-A-L-E- -P-H-O-N-E-T-I-S-C-H-E- -A-L-P-H-A-B-E-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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