Destillation

[dɛstɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[dɛstɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

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The verdict

“Destillation” is uncommon German (frequency #59,568 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#59,568
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - thermisches Trennverfahren, um ein flüssiges Gemisch verschiedener, ineinander löslicher Stoffe zu trennen

Corpus desk

Index DE-destillation · Destillation · German

Destillation · rank #59,568 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #59,568
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH destabilisiert

Nearest frequency peer: destabilisiert (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Destillation“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Destillation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Destillation
PropertyValue
HeadwordDestillation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɛstɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#59,568
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Destillation“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Destillationfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „destabilisiert“ (#59,567), „destruktiv“ (#59,569), „Desserts“ (#59,566). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Destillation“ bei #59,568. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Destillation is uncommon German at frequency #59,568 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɛstɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "thermisches Trennverfahren, um ein flüssiges Gemisch verschiedener, ineinander löslicher Stoffe zu trennen".

Destillation has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Destillation, spelled D-E-S-T-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    thermisches Trennverfahren, um ein flüssiges Gemisch verschiedener, ineinander löslicher Stoffe zu trennen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Destillation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die mehrfache Destillation von vergorenen Fruchtsäften ergibt einen starken Schnaps.

This word in other languages

distillation(English)distillation(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Destillation"?
"Destillation" is spelled D-E-S-T-I-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [dɛstɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Destillation" mean?
As a noun, "Destillation" means: thermisches Trennverfahren, um ein flüssiges Gemisch verschiedener, ineinander löslicher Stoffe zu trennen
How do you pronounce "Destillation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Destillation" is [dɛstɪlaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Destillation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list