Desintegration
[ˌdɛsʔɪnteɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Desintegration” 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
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - „Auflösung eines sozialen Zusammenhalts innerhalb einer Gruppe“
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Desintegration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌdɛsʔɪnteɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Desintegration” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Desintegration is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌdɛsʔɪnteɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. 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: "„Auflösung eines sozialen Zusammenhalts innerhalb einer Gruppe“".
No misspelling variants are generated for Desintegration in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Desintegration, spelled D-E-S-I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1„Auflösung eines sozialen Zusammenhalts innerhalb einer Gruppe“
Antonyms
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 “Desintegration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-E-S-I-N-T-E-G-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌdɛsʔɪnteɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.