standalone

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The verdict

“standalone” is uncommon German (frequency #76,215 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,215
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus sich selbst heraus funktionsfähig

Corpus desk

Index DE-standalone · standalone · German

standalone · rank #76,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,215
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH stampft

Nearest frequency peer: stampft (-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 „standalone“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for standalone
PropertyValue
Headwordstandalone
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#76,215
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „standalone“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).standalonefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „stampft“ (#76,214), „starrten“ (#76,216), „Stampfer“ (#76,213). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „standalone“ bei #76,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

standalone is uncommon German at frequency #76,215 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus sich selbst heraus funktionsfähig".

standalone doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is standalone, spelled S-T-A-N-D-A-L-O-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus sich selbst heraus funktionsfähig

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 "standalone"?
"standalone" is spelled S-T-A-N-D-A-L-O-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "standalone" mean?
As an adjective, "standalone" means: aus sich selbst heraus funktionsfähig
How do you pronounce "standalone"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "standalone" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "standalone" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

stattfinde#76,217Stehkragen#76,219Spinnweben#76,194Subversion#76,246

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list