applications

/[…]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,469

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

applications is aGermannoun. It means: Plural des Substantivs application Pronounced […]. Often confused with Applikation and of.

Key facts for applications
PropertyValue
Headwordapplications
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters12
Frequency rank#49,469
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of applications in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for applications is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #49,469 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plural des Substantivs application".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for applications, with forms such as "aplications", "aplpications", and "appilcations". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Applikation", "of", "ii", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is applications, spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs application

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: aplications,aplpications,appilcations,applciations,appliactions,applicaitons,applicatinos,applicationns,applicationss,applicatiosn,applicatoins,applicattions,appliccations,applictaions,appllications,paplications

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for applications

Misspelling Variants of "applications"

aplications11aplpications12appilcations12applciations12appliactions12applicaitons12applicatinos12applicationns13
Misspelling Variants of "applications"

Frequency rank: #49,469 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "applications"?
"applications" is spelled A-P-P-L-I-C-A-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "applications" mean?
As a noun, "applications" means: Plural des Substantivs application
What words are commonly confused with "applications"?
"applications" is commonly confused with "Applikation", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "applications"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "applications" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "applications" come from?
"applications" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.