Textdatei
[ˈtɛkstdaˌtaɪ̯]
The verdict
“Textdatei” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Datei, deren Inhalt als darstellbare Zeichen interpretiert wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-textdatei · Textdatei · German
Textdatei · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Textdatei |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈtɛkstdaˌtaɪ̯] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Textdatei“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Textdatei is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈtɛkstdaˌtaɪ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Datei, deren Inhalt als darstellbare Zeichen interpretiert wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Textdatei in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Textdatei, spelled T-E-X-T-D-A-T-E-I.
Definition
- 1Datei, deren Inhalt als darstellbare Zeichen interpretiert wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Textdatei appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Er schrieb sein Referat in eine Textdatei.
Antonyms
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.