Frustration

/[fʁʊstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,880

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Frustration is aGermannoun. It means: schwerwiegende Enttäuschung Pronounced [fʁʊstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn].

Key facts for Frustration
PropertyValue
HeadwordFrustration
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[fʁʊstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#26,880
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Frustration in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Frustration is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʁʊstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,880 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schwerwiegende Enttäuschung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Frustration, with forms such as "ffrustration", "frrustration", and "frsutration". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Frustration, spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    schwerwiegende Enttäuschung

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffrustration,frrustration,frsutration,frusrtation,frusstration,frustartion,frustraiton,frustratino,frustrationn,frustratoin,frustrattion,frustrration,frustrtaion,frusttration,frutsration,furstration,rfustration

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Frustration

Misspelling Variants of "Frustration"

ffrustration12frrustration12frsutration11frusrtation11frusstration12frustartion11frustraiton11frustratino11
Misspelling Variants of "Frustration"

Frequency rank: #26,880 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Frustration"?
"Frustration" is spelled F-R-U-S-T-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [fʁʊstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Frustration" mean?
As a noun, "Frustration" means: schwerwiegende Enttäuschung
What are common misspellings of "Frustration"?
Common misspellings include "ffrustration", "frrustration", "frsutration", "frusrtation", "frusstration". The correct spelling is "Frustration".
How do you pronounce "Frustration"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Frustration" is [fʁʊstʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Frustration" come from?
"Frustration" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.