Iota
[ˈjoːta]
The verdict
“Iota” is uncommon German (frequency #79,338 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,338
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - neunter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets; entspricht dem lateinischen »i«
Corpus desk
Index DE-iota · Iota · German
Iota · rank #79,338 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,338
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH invasiven
Nearest frequency peer: invasiven (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Iota”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Intimsphäre
Intimsphäre
20,666 corpus weight
- intimsten
intimsten
20,665 corpus weight
- invasiven
invasiven
20,664 corpus weight
- Iota
Iota
20,663 corpus weight
- Irrationali…
Irrationalität
20,662 corpus weight
- irritierte
irritierte
20,661 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Iota” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iota |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈjoːta] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #79,338 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Iota” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Iota is uncommon German at frequency #79,338 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈjoːta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Iota, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Iota, spelled I-O-T-A.
Definition
- 1neunter Buchstabe des griechischen Alphabets; entspricht dem lateinischen »i«
- 2das Allerkleinste, das Allergeringste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Iota appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Vermutlich wird er leider kein Iota von seiner ursprünglichen Meinung abrücken.
„Obwohl die griechische Vorlage der gotischen Bibelübersetzung gar nicht erhalten ist, lässt sie sich bis aufs Iota aus der gotischen Übersetzung rekonstruieren.“
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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