Disputation
[dɪsputaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Disputation” is uncommon German (frequency #70,157 among 45,632 “D” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,157
- frequency rank, German
- 45,632
- “D” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - wissenschaftliches Verteidigungsgespräch im Rahmen einer Promotion oder Habilitation zur Dissertation oder Habilitationsschrift
Corpus desk
Index DE-disputation · Disputation · German
Disputation · rank #70,157 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,157
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 45,632
- PHOTO-FINISH Diode
Nearest frequency peer: Diode (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Disputation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Digitalkame…
Digitalkameras
29,847 corpus weight
- diktierte
diktierte
29,846 corpus weight
- Diode
Diode
29,845 corpus weight
- Disputation
Disputation
29,844 corpus weight
- Disqualifik…
Disqualifikation
29,843 corpus weight
- Domkapitels
Domkapitels
29,841 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Disputation” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Disputation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [dɪsputaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #70,157 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Disputation” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Disputation is uncommon German at frequency #70,157 among 45,632 “D” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [dɪsputaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Disputation in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Disputation, spelled D-I-S-P-U-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1wissenschaftliches Verteidigungsgespräch im Rahmen einer Promotion oder Habilitation zur Dissertation oder Habilitationsschrift
- 2wissenschaftliches Streitgespräch
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Disputation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.