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The verdict

“SATA” is uncommon German (frequency #54,050 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,050
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „Serial Advanced Technology Attachment“, Punkt-zu-Punkt-Verbindung für den Datenaustausch zwischen Prozessor und Festplatte, ein Schnittstellenstandard

Corpus desk

Index DE-sata · SATA · German

SATA · rank #54,050 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,050
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Satzbau

Nearest frequency peer: Satzbau (+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 „SATA“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for SATA
PropertyValue
HeadwordSATA
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#54,050
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „SATA“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).SATAfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Satzbau“ (#54,051), „Samos“ (#54,048), „schauspielerischen“ (#54,052). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „SATA“ bei #54,050. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

SATA is uncommon German at frequency #54,050 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„Serial Advanced Technology Attachment“, Punkt-zu-Punkt-Verbindung für den Datenaustausch zwischen Prozessor und Festplatte, ein Schnittstellenstandard".

SATA doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is SATA, spelled S-A-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    „Serial Advanced Technology Attachment“, Punkt-zu-Punkt-Verbindung für den Datenaustausch zwischen Prozessor und Festplatte, ein Schnittstellenstandard

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 "SATA"?
"SATA" is spelled S-A-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "SATA" mean?
As an abbreviation, "SATA" means: „Serial Advanced Technology Attachment“, Punkt-zu-Punkt-Verbindung für den Datenaustausch zwischen Prozessor und Festplatte, ein Schnittstellenstandard
How do you pronounce "SATA"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "SATA" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "SATA" come from?
"SATA" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rien#54,028Rhys#54,026peso#53,977Syke#54,127

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list