dismissal
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The verdict
“dismissal” 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
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Auflösung eines Arbeits- oder Dienstverhältnisses durch den Arbeitgeber oder Dienstherrn: Entlassung
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | dismissal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “dismissal” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for dismissal is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for dismissal in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 dismissal, spelled D-I-S-M-I-S-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1Auflösung eines Arbeits- oder Dienstverhältnisses durch den Arbeitgeber oder Dienstherrn: Entlassung
- 2Anweisung oder Erlaubnis, dass jemand gehen darf: Entlassung, Wegschicken
- 3Handlung, mit der man etwas, mit dem man nicht einverstanden ist, von sich weist: Ablehnung, Verwerfung
- 4Beendigung oder Ablehnung eines Gerichtsverfahrens: Abweisung, Einstellung
- 5Ausschluss von Spiel wegen eines Regelverstoßes: Platzverweis
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 “dismissal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is D-I-S-M-I-S-S-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.