foundation
[faʊnˈdeɪʃən]
The verdict
“foundation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,648. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,648
- frequency rank, German
- 3,474
- “F” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fundament
Corpus desk
Index DE-foundation · foundation · German
foundation · rank #11,648 · 14 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,648
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,474
- PHOTO-FINISH fehlten
Nearest frequency peer: fehlten (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „foundation“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- erschlagen
erschlagen
88,356 corpus weight
- Fe
Fe
88,355 corpus weight
- fehlten
fehlten
88,354 corpus weight
- foundation
foundation
88,353 corpus weight
- Ga
Ga
88,352 corpus weight
- geduldig
geduldig
88,350 corpus weight
What this shows „foundation“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | foundation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [faʊnˈdeɪʃən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #11,648 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „foundation“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around foundation (IPA [faʊnˈdeɪʃən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #11,648 among 3,474 “F” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for foundation, with forms such as "ffoundation", "fonudation", and "foudnation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is foundation, spelled F-O-U-N-D-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Fundament
- 2Grundlage
- 3Gründung
- 4Stiftung
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ffoundation
- fonudation
- foudnation
- founadtion
- foundaiton
- foundatino
- foundationn
- foundatoin
- foundattion
- founddation
- foundtaion
- founndation
- fuondation
- ofundation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of foundation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "foundation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).