Allokation

[alokaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[alokaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Allokation” is uncommon German (frequency #73,215 among 6,976 “A” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#73,215
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zuweisung oder Verteilung finanzieller oder anderer Mittel

Corpus desk

Index DE-allokation · Allokation · German

Allokation · rank #73,215 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #73,215
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH alleinig

Nearest frequency peer: alleinig (-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 „Allokation“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Allokation
PropertyValue
HeadwordAllokation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[alokaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#73,215
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Allokation“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Allokationfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „alleinig“ (#73,214), „Alps“ (#73,216), „Allegorien“ (#73,213). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „Allokation“ bei #73,215. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Allokation is uncommon German at frequency #73,215 among 6,976 “A” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [alokaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Allokation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Allokation, spelled A-L-L-O-K-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Zuweisung oder Verteilung finanzieller oder anderer Mittel
  2. 2
    Reservierung von Hauptspeicher oder anderen Ressourcen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Allokation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Produktivität einer Volkswirtschaft steht und fällt mit der mehr oder weniger guten Allokation der Produktionsfaktoren.
  2. Leider wissen wir nicht, wer für die Allokation des Speichers zuständig ist.

Synonyms

VerteilungZuweisung

Antonyms

EintreibungEinziehungDeallokation

This word in other languages

allocation(English)asignación(Español)allocation(Français)alocação(Português)

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 "Allokation"?
"Allokation" is spelled A-L-L-O-K-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [alokaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Allokation" mean?
As a noun, "Allokation" means: Zuweisung oder Verteilung finanzieller oder anderer Mittel
How do you pronounce "Allokation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Allokation" is [alokaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Allokation" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Allegorien#73,213Altruismus#73,217analysiere#73,222angelassen#73,225

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list