Funktion
[fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Funktion” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,387 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,387
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aufgabe, Sinn und Zweck
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Funktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,387 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Funktion” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Funktion is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,387 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Funktion, with forms such as "ffunktion", "fnuktion", and "fukntion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Funktionen", "Funktionär", "funktional", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Funktion, spelled F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Aufgabe, Sinn und Zweck
- 2eindeutige Abbildung zwischen zwei Mengen
- 3Konstrukt, das einen Wert zurückliefert
- 4Begriff, der in verschiedenen Strömungen der Linguistik Unterschiedliches bedeutet: in der Syntax zum Beispiel wird mit diesem Begriff die Rolle, die Wortgruppen im Satz erfüllen (Subjekt, Objekt …), bezeichnet und in der Sprechakttheorie wird die Mitteilungsabsicht des Sprechers/Schreibers als kommunikative Funktion bezeichnet
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ffunktion,fnuktion,fukntion,funkiton,funkktion,funktino,funktionn,funktoin,funkttion,funnktion,funtkion,ufnktion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Funktion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Funktion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is F-U-N-K-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [fʊŋkˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Funktionen” - see the side-by-side comparison. Funktion vs Funktionen
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.