key performance indicator

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The verdict

“key performance indicator” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
25
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — eine Kennzahl, anhand derer man den Fortschritt hinsichtlich wichtiger Zielsetzungen oder kritischer Erfolgsfaktoren innerhalb einer Organisation ermitteln kann

Key facts for key performance indicator
PropertyValue
Headwordkey performance indicator
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters25
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “key performance indicator” sits in German frequency

key performance indicator falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for key performance indicator is 25 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Kennzahl, anhand derer man den Fortschritt hinsichtlich wichtiger Zielsetzungen oder kritischer Erfolgsfaktoren innerhalb einer Organisation ermitteln kann".

No misspelling variants are generated for key performance indicator in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 key performance indicator, spelled K-E-Y- -P-E-R-F-O-R-M-A-N-C-E- -I-N-D-I-C-A-T-O-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Kennzahl, anhand derer man den Fortschritt hinsichtlich wichtiger Zielsetzungen oder kritischer Erfolgsfaktoren innerhalb einer Organisation ermitteln kann

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "key performance indicator"?
"key performance indicator" is spelled K-E-Y- -P-E-R-F-O-R-M-A-N-C-E- -I-N-D-I-C-A-T-O-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "key performance indicator" mean?
As a noun, "key performance indicator" means: eine Kennzahl, anhand derer man den Fortschritt hinsichtlich wichtiger Zielsetzungen oder kritischer Erfolgsfaktoren innerhalb einer Organisation ermitteln kann
How do you pronounce "key performance indicator"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "key performance indicator" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "key performance indicator" come from?
"key performance indicator" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “key performance indicator”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is K-E-Y- -P-E-R-F-O-R-M-A-N-C-E- -I-N-D-I-C-A-T-O-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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