ISP
The verdict
“ISP” is uncommon German (frequency #56,246 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,246
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Informatik) Abkürzung für Internet-Service-Provider, im Deutschen häufig auf Provider gekürzt
Corpus desk
Index DE-isp · ISP · German
ISP · rank #56,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,246
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH ish
Nearest frequency peer: ish (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „ISP“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- involvierten
involvierten
43,759 corpus weight
- irrst
irrst
43,758 corpus weight
- iSd
iSd
43,757 corpus weight
- ish
ish
43,756 corpus weight
- ISP
ISP
43,755 corpus weight
- italienisch…
italienischem
43,754 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „ISP“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ISP |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #56,246 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ISP“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ISP is uncommon German at frequency #56,246 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "(Informatik) Abkürzung für Internet-Service-Provider, im Deutschen häufig auf Provider gekürzt".
No generated misspelling entries exist for ISP in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is ISP, spelled I-S-P.
Definition
- 1(Informatik) Abkürzung für Internet-Service-Provider, im Deutschen häufig auf Provider gekürzt
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ISP appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei Problemen mit der Internetverbindung rufe ich erstmal bei meinem ISP an.
This word in other languages
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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