Gamification
[ɡɛɪ̯mifiˈkɛɪ̯ʃn̩]
The verdict
“Gamification” is uncommon German (frequency #95,596 among 54,401 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,596
- frequency rank, German
- 54,401
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aufnahme von spielerischen Elementen in spielfremde Anwendungen und Prozesse, um die Motivation der Anwender zu steigern und Probleme rascher zu lösen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Gamification |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡɛɪ̯mifiˈkɛɪ̯ʃn̩] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #95,596 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Gamification” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Gamification is uncommon German at frequency #95,596 among 54,401 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɡɛɪ̯mifiˈkɛɪ̯ʃn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aufnahme von spielerischen Elementen in spielfremde Anwendungen und Prozesse, um die Motivation der Anwender zu steigern und Probleme rascher zu lösen".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Gamification, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Gamification, spelled G-A-M-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Aufnahme von spielerischen Elementen in spielfremde Anwendungen und Prozesse, um die Motivation der Anwender zu steigern und Probleme rascher zu lösen
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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 “Gamification”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-A-M-I-F-I-C-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡɛɪ̯mifiˈkɛɪ̯ʃn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.