Iod
[i̯oːt]
The verdict
“Iod” is uncommon German (frequency #76,929 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,929
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 53, das zur Gruppe der Halogene gehört
Corpus desk
Index DE-iod · Iod · German
Iod · rank #76,929 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,929
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH inoffizieller
Nearest frequency peer: inoffizieller (-2 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 „Iod“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- inhaltliches
inhaltliches
23,077 corpus weight
- Inkas
Inkas
23,076 corpus weight
- inkompatibel
inkompatibel
23,075 corpus weight
- inoffiziell…
inoffizieller
23,074 corpus weight
- Iod
Iod
23,072 corpus weight
- Jamaikaner
Jamaikaner
23,070 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Iod“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iod |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [i̯oːt] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #76,929 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Iod“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Iod is uncommon German at frequency #76,929 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [i̯oːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 53, das zur Gruppe der Halogene gehört".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Iod, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Iod, spelled I-O-D.
Definition
- 1chemisches Element mit der Ordnungszahl 53, das zur Gruppe der Halogene gehört
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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