fondation
[fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃]
The verdict
“fondation” is uncommon German (frequency #76,784 among 3,474 “F” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #76,784
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Einrichtung, Institution, Stiftung, Gründung
Corpus desk
Index DE-fondation · fondation · German
fondation · rank #76,784 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #76,784
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH forcierten
Nearest frequency peer: forcierten (+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 „fondation“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Flügelschlag
Flügelschlag
23,220 corpus weight
- focht
focht
23,219 corpus weight
- fondation
fondation
23,217 corpus weight
- forcierten
forcierten
23,216 corpus weight
- Forschungsf…
Forschungsfeld
23,215 corpus weight
- Fotomontage
Fotomontage
23,214 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „fondation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fondation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #76,784 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fondation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fondation is uncommon German at frequency #76,784 among 3,474 “F” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Einrichtung, Institution, Stiftung, Gründung".
fondation has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is fondation, spelled F-O-N-D-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Einrichtung, Institution, Stiftung, Gründung
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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