kodieren

[koˈdiːʁən]

/[koˈdiːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“kodieren” is uncommon German (frequency #95,822 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,822
frequency rank, German
4,158
“K” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Nachricht mit Hilfe eines Kodes verschlüsseln

Corpus desk

Index DE-kodieren · kodieren · German

kodieren · rank #95,822 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,822
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,158
  • PHOTO-FINISH Kode

Nearest frequency peer: Kode (-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 „kodieren“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „kodieren“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for kodieren
PropertyValue
Headwordkodieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[koˈdiːʁən]
Letters8
Frequency rank#95,822
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „kodieren“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.kodierenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Kode“ (#95,821), „knüpfe“ (#95,820), „kommunizierte“ (#95,824). Unter 4,158 „K“-Lemmata liegt „kodieren“ bei #95,822. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

kodieren is uncommon German at frequency #95,822 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [koˈdiːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

kodieren has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is kodieren, spelled K-O-D-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Nachricht mit Hilfe eines Kodes verschlüsseln
  2. 2
    einen Gedanken, der mitgeteilt werden soll, sprachlich formulieren

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how kodieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das Programm wurde in einer Maschinensprache für x86-Prozessoren kodiert.
  2. Es gibt viele Systeme, um Nachrichten zu kodieren, damit sie Unbefugte nicht verstehen können.

Synonyms

enkodierenkodenprogrammierenübersetzenhacken

Antonyms

dekodierenentschlüsseln

This word in other languages

code(English)coder(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "kodieren"?
"kodieren" is spelled K-O-D-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [koˈdiːʁən].
What does "kodieren" mean?
As a verb, "kodieren" means: eine Nachricht mit Hilfe eines Kodes verschlüsseln
How do you pronounce "kodieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "kodieren" is [koˈdiːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "kodieren" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "kodieren", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

kleidete#95,815Kormoran#95,836Kämpfers#95,861jauchzen#95,780

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list