affection
[əˈfɛkʃən]
The verdict
“affection” 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) - Zuneigung zu jemandem, Liebe zu etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-affection · affection · German
affection · 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 "A" 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 | affection |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [əˈfɛkʃən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „affection“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
affection is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈfɛkʃən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for affection 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.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is affection, spelled A-F-F-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Zuneigung zu jemandem, Liebe zu etwas
- 2Gefühle, Liebe
- 3Erkrankung, Leiden
Synonyms
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.