Delegation

/[deleɡaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,878

in German word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

Delegation is aGermannoun. It means: Handlung, jemanden oder mehrere Personen vertretungsweise zu einer bestimmten Veranstaltung zu schicken Pronounced [deleɡaˈt͡si̯oːn]. It ranks #9,878 in German word frequency. Often confused with Delegationen.

Key facts for Delegation
PropertyValue
HeadwordDelegation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[deleɡaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#9,878
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Delegation is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [deleɡaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,878 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 14 documented wrong-spelling variants for Delegation, with forms such as "ddelegation", "deelgation", and "deleagtion". 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, "Delegationen", 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 Delegation, spelled D-E-L-E-G-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

  1. 1
    Handlung, jemanden oder mehrere Personen vertretungsweise zu einer bestimmten Veranstaltung zu schicken
  2. 2
    Gruppe von Personen, die von [1] betroffen sind
  3. 3
    Übertragung von etwas (Leistung, Rechte, …)

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ddelegation,deelgation,deleagtion,delegaiton,delegatino,delegationn,delegatoin,delegattion,deleggation,delegtaion,delgeation,dellegation,dleegation,edlegation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Delegation

Misspelling Variants of "Delegation"

ddelegation11deelgation10deleagtion10delegaiton10delegatino10delegationn11delegatoin10delegattion11
Misspelling Variants of "Delegation"

Frequency rank: #9,878 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Delegation"?
"Delegation" is spelled D-E-L-E-G-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [deleɡaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Delegation" mean?
As a noun, "Delegation" means: Handlung, jemanden oder mehrere Personen vertretungsweise zu einer bestimmten Veranstaltung zu schicken
What words are commonly confused with "Delegation"?
"Delegation" is commonly confused with "Delegationen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Delegation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Delegation" is [deleɡaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Delegation" come from?
"Delegation" 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.