association

/[a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,313

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

association is aGermannoun. It means: Assoziation, Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verband, Bund Pronounced [a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]. Often confused with Assoziation.

Key facts for association
PropertyValue
Headwordassociation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]
Letters11
Frequency rank#13,313
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for association is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,313 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Assoziation, Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verband, Bund".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for association, with forms such as "asociation", "asosciation", and "asscoiation". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Assoziation", 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 association, spelled A-S-S-O-C-I-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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    Assoziation, Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verband, Bund

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: asociation,asosciation,asscoiation,assocaition,assocciation,associaiton,associatino,associationn,associatoin,associattion,associtaion,assoication,aßociation,sasociation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for association

Misspelling Variants of "association"

asociation10asosciation11asscoiation11assocaition11assocciation12associaiton11associatino11associationn12
Misspelling Variants of "association"

Frequency rank: #13,313 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "association"?
"association" is spelled A-S-S-O-C-I-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃].
What does "association" mean?
As a noun, "association" means: Assoziation, Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verband, Bund
What words are commonly confused with "association"?
"association" is commonly confused with "Assoziation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "association"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "association" is [a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "association" come from?
"association" 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.