Anion
[ˈanʔioːn]
The verdict
“Anion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - negativ geladenes Teilchen
Corpus desk
Index DE-anion · Anion · German
Anion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | Anion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈanʔioːn] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Anion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Anion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈanʔioːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "negativ geladenes Teilchen".
Anion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 Anion, spelled A-N-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1negativ geladenes Teilchen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Anion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Wasser bildet sowohl Kationen als auch Anionen.
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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.