Fortifikation
[fɔʁtifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Fortifikation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bau oder Verstärkung von Verteidigungsanlagen und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-fortifikation · Fortifikation · German
Fortifikation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Fortifikation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fɔʁtifikaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Fortifikation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Fortifikation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [fɔʁtifikaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bau oder Verstärkung von Verteidigungsanlagen und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahmen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Fortifikation, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Fortifikation, spelled F-O-R-T-I-F-I-K-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bau oder Verstärkung von Verteidigungsanlagen und Ergebnis dieser Maßnahmen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Fortifikation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Fortifikation verkleinerte das Stadtgebiet marginal.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.