altération
[al.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃]
The verdict
“altération” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wechsel, Abweichung einer Funktion vom Normalen
Corpus desk
Index DE-alteration · altération · German
altération · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | altération |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [al.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „altération“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
altération is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [al.te.ʁa.sjɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Wechsel, Abweichung einer Funktion vom Normalen".
altération doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is altération, spelled A-L-T-É-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Wechsel, Abweichung einer Funktion vom Normalen
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.