Dekoration
[dekoʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Dekoration” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #15,856 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #15,856
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - das Ausschmücken oder dessen Ergebnis
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 | Dekoration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dekoʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #15,856 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Dekoration” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Dekoration is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [dekoʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #15,856 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "das Ausschmücken oder dessen Ergebnis".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Dekoration, with forms such as "ddekoration", "dekkoration", and "dekoartion". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "dekorative", "Detonation", "Deportation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dekoration, spelled D-E-K-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1das Ausschmücken oder dessen Ergebnis
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ddekoration,dekkoration,dekoartion,dekoraiton,dekoratino,dekorationn,dekoratoin,dekorattion,dekorration,dekortaion,dekroation,deokration,dkeoration,edkoration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Dekoration - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Dekoration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-K-O-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [dekoʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “dekorative” - see the side-by-side comparison. Dekoration vs dekorative
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.