Filtration
[fɪltʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Filtration” is uncommon German (frequency #80,353 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,353
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mechanisches Trennverfahren, bei der Feststoffe von Fluiden mithilfe eines Mediums getrennt werden, das nur für das Fluid durchlässig ist und die Feststoffe im Medium zurückgehalten werden
Corpus desk
Index DE-filtration · Filtration · German
Filtration · rank #80,353 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,353
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fights
Nearest frequency peer: fights (-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 „Filtration“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Fernzüge
Fernzüge
19,652 corpus weight
- festlicher
festlicher
19,651 corpus weight
- feuerrot
feuerrot
19,650 corpus weight
- fights
fights
19,649 corpus weight
- Filtration
Filtration
19,648 corpus weight
- Fischerboot
Fischerboot
19,644 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Filtration“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Filtration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɪltʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #80,353 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Filtration“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Filtration is uncommon German at frequency #80,353 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɪltʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mechanisches Trennverfahren, bei der Feststoffe von Fluiden mithilfe eines Mediums getrennt werden, das nur für das Fluid durchlässig ist und die Feststoffe im Medium zurückgehalten werden".
No misspelling variants are generated for Filtration in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Filtration, spelled F-I-L-T-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1mechanisches Trennverfahren, bei der Feststoffe von Fluiden mithilfe eines Mediums getrennt werden, das nur für das Fluid durchlässig ist und die Feststoffe im Medium zurückgehalten werden
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Filtration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Die Filtration stellt keine chemische Reaktion dar, sondern einen physikalischen Vorgang.“
Synonyms
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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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