association

[a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]

/[a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]/ noun

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The verdict

“association” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,313. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,313
frequency rank, German
6,976
“A” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Assoziation, Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verband, Bund

Corpus desk

Index DE-association · association · German

association · rank #13,313 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #13,313
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,976
  • PHOTO-FINISH arrogant

Nearest frequency peer: arrogant (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „association“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „association“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

association vs Assoziation
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „association“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).associationliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „arrogant“ (#13,312), „aufgemacht“ (#13,314), „Arbeitswelt“ (#13,311). Unter 6,976 „A“-Lemmata liegt „association“ bei #13,313. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around association (IPA [a.sɔ.sja.sjɔ̃]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,313 among 6,976 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Assoziation, Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verband, Bund".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for association, with forms such as "asociation", "asosciation", and "asscoiation". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Assoziation", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is association, spelled A-S-S-O-C-I-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Assoziation, Verbindung, Vereinigung, Verband, Bund

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • asociation
  • asosciation
  • asscoiation
  • assocaition
  • assocciation
  • associaiton
  • associatino
  • associationn
  • associatoin
  • associattion
  • associtaion
  • assoication
  • aßociation
  • sasociation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of association - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

asociation1asosciation2asscoiation2assocaition2assocciation1associaiton2associatino2associationn1
Edit distance from "association"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "association", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Arbeitswelt#13,311befriedigen#13,318übertreiben#13,296Chemikalien#13,333

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

anrichten14 variantsbegrenzen14 variantsdominieren14 variantsFeiertagen14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list