connection
[kənekʃn]
The verdict
“connection” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #25,947. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #25,947
- frequency rank, German
- 1,273
- “C” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Verbindung, Anschluss, Anbindung, Ankopplung, Beziehung
Corpus desk
Index DE-connection · connection · German
connection · rank #25,947 · 13 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #25,947
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,273
- PHOTO-FINISH computing
Nearest frequency peer: computing (-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 „connection“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- chemischer
chemischer
74,057 corpus weight
- Chorleiter
Chorleiter
74,056 corpus weight
- computing
computing
74,055 corpus weight
- connection
connection
74,054 corpus weight
- credits
credits
74,053 corpus weight
- credo
credo
74,052 corpus weight
What this shows „connection“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | connection |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kənekʃn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #25,947 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „connection“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around connection (IPA [kənekʃn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,947 among 1,273 “C” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for connection, with forms such as "cconnection", "cnonection", and "conection". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "convention", "collection", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is connection, spelled C-O-N-N-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Verbindung, Anschluss, Anbindung, Ankopplung, Beziehung
- 2Verwandtschaftsverbindungen, gesellschaftliche Beziehung, Vorfahren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how connection appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"This coincidence in the inverse rise and fall of the temperature and electricity proves certainly some connection between the sun and atmospheric electricity."
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- cconnection
- cnonection
- conection
- conenction
- conncetion
- connecction
- conneciton
- connectino
- connectionn
- connectoin
- connecttion
- connetcion
- ocnnection
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of connection - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "connection", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).