Exkursion
[ɛkskʊʁˈzi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Exkursion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #26,398. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,398
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Lehrausflug unter wissenschaftlicher Leitung
Corpus desk
Index DE-exkursion · Exkursion · German
Exkursion · rank #26,398 · 13 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #26,398
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 57,060
- PHOTO-FINISH Esoterik
Nearest frequency peer: Esoterik (-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 “Exkursion”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- erwählt
erwählt
73,606 corpus weight
- Eröffnungsf…
Eröffnungsfeier
73,605 corpus weight
- Esoterik
Esoterik
73,604 corpus weight
- Exkursion
Exkursion
73,603 corpus weight
- exotischen
exotischen
73,602 corpus weight
- Fachzeitsch…
Fachzeitschrift
73,601 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Exkursion” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Exkursion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛkskʊʁˈzi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,398 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Exkursion” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around Exkursion (IPA [ɛkskʊʁˈzi̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,398 among 57,060 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Lehrausflug unter wissenschaftlicher Leitung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Exkursion, with forms such as "ekxursion", "exkkursion", and "exkrusion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Exkursionen", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Exkursion, spelled E-X-K-U-R-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Lehrausflug unter wissenschaftlicher Leitung
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ekxursion
- exkkursion
- exkrusion
- exkurison
- exkurrsion
- exkursino
- exkursionn
- exkursoin
- exkurssion
- exkusrion
- exukrsion
- exxkursion
- xekursion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Exkursion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Exkursion", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).
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.