Unicode
[ˈuːniˌkɔʊ̯d]
The verdict
“Unicode” is uncommon German (frequency #53,314 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,314
- frequency rank, German
- 2,159
- “U” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zeichensatz, der für weltweit nahezu jedes Schriftzeichen eine Kodierung festlegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-unicode · Unicode · German
Unicode · rank #53,314 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,314
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,159
- PHOTO-FINISH ungeborene
Nearest frequency peer: ungeborene (-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 „Unicode“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- unermüdliche
unermüdliche
46,690 corpus weight
- unerträglic…
unerträglichen
46,689 corpus weight
- ungeborene
ungeborene
46,688 corpus weight
- Unicode
Unicode
46,687 corpus weight
- unkonventio…
unkonventionell
46,686 corpus weight
- Unterallgäu
Unterallgäu
46,684 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Unicode“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Unicode |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈuːniˌkɔʊ̯d] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #53,314 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Unicode“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Unicode is uncommon German at frequency #53,314 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈuːniˌkɔʊ̯d]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Unicode, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 Unicode, spelled U-N-I-C-O-D-E.
Definition
- 1Zeichensatz, der für weltweit nahezu jedes Schriftzeichen eine Kodierung festlegt
- 2internationaler Standard, der den Zeichensatz Unicode^([1]) beschreibt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Unicode appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mit Unicode können verschiedenste Schriftzeichen dargestellt werden, vom lateinischen Alphabet bis zu den Hieroglyphen.
Die meisten Computerprogramme unterstützen Unicode noch nicht komplett.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).