Kibibyte

/[ˈkiːbiˌbaɪ̯t]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Language

German

word origin

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Kibibyte is aGermannoun. It means: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, 1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ Byte = 1024 Byte Pronounced [ˈkiːbiˌbaɪ̯t].

Key facts for Kibibyte
PropertyValue
HeadwordKibibyte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈkiːbiˌbaɪ̯t]
Letters8
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Kibibyte is not present in the top-100,000 ranked German corpus, typical for technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary.

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Kibibyte is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈkiːbiˌbaɪ̯t]. 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: "Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, 1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ Byte = 1024 Byte".

No misspelling variants are generated for Kibibyte 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 Kibibyte, spelled K-I-B-I-B-Y-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, 1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ Byte = 1024 Byte

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Kibibyte"?
"Kibibyte" is spelled K-I-B-I-B-Y-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈkiːbiˌbaɪ̯t].
What does "Kibibyte" mean?
As a noun, "Kibibyte" means: Maßeinheit der Datenmenge, 1 Kibibyte = 2¹⁰ Byte = 1024 Byte
How do you pronounce "Kibibyte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Kibibyte" is [ˈkiːbiˌbaɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Kibibyte" come from?
"Kibibyte" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.