Which to use
“Organisation” and “organization” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,427
- “Organisation” frequency rank
- #36,537
- “organization” frequency rank
- 37964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Organisation | organization |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das geordnete, strukturierte Zusammenspiel von Elementen und Faktoren als Gegensatz zum unbestimmten Chaos | ein koordinierter Zusammenschluss von Menschen und Ressourcen, der einem bestimmten Zweck dient; (die) Organisation f |
Where the eye mixes Organisation and organization
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. Organisation and organization follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Organisation and organization
A purely visual mix-up. Organisation ([ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn]) and organization ([ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “Organisation” becomes z in “organization”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Organisation is recorded at frequency rank #1,427, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn]. organization is at rank #36,537, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 37964, this pair ranks #1,576,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Organisation vs organization
Shared letters: aginort. Private to "Organisation": s. Private to "organization": z.
"Organisation" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC · "organization" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Organisation ← ogranisation · oragnisation · orgainsation · organiastion · organisaiton · organisatino · organisationn · organisatoin
- organization ← ogranization · oragnization · orgainzation · organiaztion · organizaiton · organizatino · organizationn · organizatoin
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "Organisation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "organization" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,576,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Organisation" and "organization" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "organisations vs organization". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,576,448 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.