Internet

/[ˈɪntɐnɛt]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#504

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Internet is aGermannoun. It means: Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk Pronounced [ˈɪntɐnɛt]. It ranks #504 in German word frequency. Often confused with intranet and Internets.

Key facts for Internet
PropertyValue
HeadwordInternet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪntɐnɛt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#504
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Internet in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Internet is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɪntɐnɛt]. Corpus data places it at rank #504 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Internet, with forms such as "inetrnet", "innternet", and "intenret". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "intranet", "Internets", "Interpret", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Internet, spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inetrnet,innternet,intenret,interent,internett,internnet,internte,interrnet,intrenet,intternet,itnernet,niternet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Internet

Misspelling Variants of "Internet"

inetrnet8innternet9intenret8interent8internett9internnet9internte8interrnet9
Misspelling Variants of "Internet"

Frequency rank: #504 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Internet"?
"Internet" is spelled I-N-T-E-R-N-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪntɐnɛt].
What does "Internet" mean?
As a noun, "Internet" means: Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk
What words are commonly confused with "Internet"?
"Internet" is commonly confused with "intranet", "Internets", "Interpret". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Internet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Internet" is [ˈɪntɐnɛt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Internet" come from?
"Internet" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter I in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.