Diktion
[dɪkˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Diktion” is uncommon German (frequency #68,133 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,133
- frequency rank, German
- 2,764
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ausdrucksweise, Ausdrucksform oder Stil, den eine Person in ihren Reden oder schriftlichen Werken verwendet
Corpus desk
Index DE-diktion · Diktion · German
Diktion · rank #68,133 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,133
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,764
- PHOTO-FINISH dinar
Nearest frequency peer: dinar (+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 „Diktion“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Diashow
Diashow
31,871 corpus weight
- Diebstählen
Diebstählen
31,870 corpus weight
- Diktion
Diktion
31,868 corpus weight
- dinar
dinar
31,867 corpus weight
- Dingens
Dingens
31,866 corpus weight
- diploma
diploma
31,865 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Diktion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Diktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɪkˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #68,133 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Diktion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Diktion is uncommon German at frequency #68,133 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɪkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ausdrucksweise, Ausdrucksform oder Stil, den eine Person in ihren Reden oder schriftlichen Werken verwendet".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Diktion in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Diktion, spelled D-I-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ausdrucksweise, Ausdrucksform oder Stil, den eine Person in ihren Reden oder schriftlichen Werken verwendet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Diktion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An seine Diktion muss ich mich erst gewöhnen.
Ulla Lachauer, die kenntnisreiche und einfühlsame Autorin von Büchern und Filmen aus dem ehemaligen deutschen Osten, hat ihre Geschichte aufgeschrieben und bleibt dabei in der Diktion der Bäuerin.
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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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).