Dispens

[dɪsˈpɛns]

/[dɪsˈpɛns]/ noun

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The verdict

“Dispens” is uncommon German (frequency #94,136 among 2,764 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,136
frequency rank, German
2,764
“D” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aufhebung einer allgemeinen Verpflichtung für einen Einzelfall oder bestimmte Fälle

Corpus desk

Index DE-dispens · Dispens · German

Dispens · rank #94,136 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,136
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,764
  • PHOTO-FINISH Diplomingenie…

Nearest frequency peer: Diplomingenieur (-2 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 „Dispens“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Dispens
PropertyValue
HeadwordDispens
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[dɪsˈpɛns]
Letters7
Frequency rank#94,136
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Dispens“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Diplomingenieur“ (#94,134), „Dienstwohnung“ (#94,133), „Dominator“ (#94,140). Unter 2,764 „D“-Lemmata liegt „Dispens“ bei #94,136. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Dispens is uncommon German at frequency #94,136 among 2,764 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɪsˈpɛns]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aufhebung einer allgemeinen Verpflichtung für einen Einzelfall oder bestimmte Fälle".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Dispens, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Dispens, spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Aufhebung einer allgemeinen Verpflichtung für einen Einzelfall oder bestimmte Fälle

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Wurde die Dispens von der römisch-katholischen Trauungsform gewährt, so gilt die Ziviltrauung als Ort des für das gültige Zustandekommen einer Eheschließung erforderlichen Konsens-Austausches.“
  2. „Da durch den Dispens Ausnahmen von den Regelungen der AIFM-Richtlinie gewährt werden, soll ESMA überwachen, ob europaweit eine einheitliche Regelung in Bezug auf bestimmte Vorschriften des jeweiligen Drittstaates gewährleistet ist.“

This word in other languages

dispensation(English)dispensa(Español)dispense(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 "Dispens"?
"Dispens" is spelled D-I-S-P-E-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is [dɪsˈpɛns].
What does "Dispens" mean?
As a noun, "Dispens" means: Aufhebung einer allgemeinen Verpflichtung für einen Einzelfall oder bestimmte Fälle
How do you pronounce "Dispens"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Dispens" is [dɪsˈpɛns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Dispens" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Dieners#94,131Catrice#94,083Elstern#94,190cantate#94,079

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list