apportion
[əpɔːʃn]
The verdict
“apportion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - einen Anteil zuteilen, einteilen, verteilen, Lob erteilen, Lob zollen, Schuld beimessen, Kosten umlegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-apportion · apportion · German
apportion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | apportion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [əpɔːʃn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „apportion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
apportion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [əpɔːʃn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen Anteil zuteilen, einteilen, verteilen, Lob erteilen, Lob zollen, Schuld beimessen, Kosten umlegen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for apportion, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is apportion, spelled A-P-P-O-R-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1einen Anteil zuteilen, einteilen, verteilen, Lob erteilen, Lob zollen, Schuld beimessen, Kosten umlegen
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.