allusion
[əˈluːʒən]
The verdict
“allusion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anspielung, Andeutung
Corpus desk
Index DE-allusion · allusion · German
allusion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 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 | allusion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [əˈluːʒən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „allusion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
allusion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [əˈluːʒən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Anspielung, Andeutung".
No generated misspelling entries exist for allusion in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is allusion, spelled A-L-L-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Anspielung, Andeutung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how allusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eliot's poetry is full of biblical allusions.
The president referred to the solved problems in the past, but made no allusions to today's problems.
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.