comparison
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The verdict
“comparison” is uncommon German (frequency #83,809 among 1,273 “C” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,809
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gegenüberstellung, Vergleich
Corpus desk
Index DE-comparison · comparison · German
comparison · rank #83,809 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,809
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH convertible
Nearest frequency peer: convertible (+3 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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „comparison“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- chest
chest
16,198 corpus weight
- Christkindl…
Christkindlmarkt
16,197 corpus weight
- chronisches
chronisches
16,196 corpus weight
- comparison
comparison
16,192 corpus weight
- convertible
convertible
16,189 corpus weight
- corolla
corolla
16,186 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „comparison“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | comparison |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #83,809 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „comparison“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
comparison is uncommon German at frequency #83,809 among 1,273 “C” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for comparison, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 comparison, spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Gegenüberstellung, Vergleich
- 2Vergleichsmöglichkeit
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.
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