Derivation
[deʁivaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Derivation” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (Prozess und Ergebnis der) Bildung neuer Wörter mit Hilfe gebundener grammatischer Morpheme (Derivateme)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Derivation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [deʁivaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Derivation” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Derivation is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [deʁivaˈt͡si̯oːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "(Prozess und Ergebnis der) Bildung neuer Wörter mit Hilfe gebundener grammatischer Morpheme (Derivateme)".
Derivation has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Derivation, spelled D-E-R-I-V-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1(Prozess und Ergebnis der) Bildung neuer Wörter mit Hilfe gebundener grammatischer Morpheme (Derivateme)
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Derivation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-R-I-V-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [deʁivaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.