iPad

/[ˈaɪ̯pæd]/ name

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,490

in German word usage

Misspellings

5

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

iPad is aGermanname. It means: bestimmtes Tablet der Firma Apple Pronounced [ˈaɪ̯pæd]. It ranks #7,490 in German word frequency. Often confused with ira and ita.

Key facts for iPad
PropertyValue
HeadwordiPad
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈaɪ̯pæd]
Letters4
Frequency rank#7,490
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for iPad is 4 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈaɪ̯pæd]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,490 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "bestimmtes Tablet der Firma Apple".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 5 documented wrong-spelling variants for iPad, with forms such as "iapd", "ipadd", and "ipda". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ira", "ita", "IPS", 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 iPad, spelled I-P-A-D, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    bestimmtes Tablet der Firma Apple

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: iapd,ipadd,ipda,ippad,piad

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for iPad

Misspelling Variants of "iPad"

iapd4ipadd5ipda4ippad5piad4
Misspelling Variants of "iPad"

Frequency rank: #7,490 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "iPad"?
"iPad" is spelled I-P-A-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈaɪ̯pæd].
What does "iPad" mean?
As a name, "iPad" means: bestimmtes Tablet der Firma Apple
What words are commonly confused with "iPad"?
"iPad" is commonly confused with "ira", "ita", "IPS". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "iPad"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "iPad" is [ˈaɪ̯pæd]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "iPad" come from?
"iPad" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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.