Gamification
[ɡɛɪ̯mifiˈkɛɪ̯ʃn̩]
The verdict
“Gamification” is uncommon German (frequency #95,596 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,596
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Aufnahme von spielerischen Elementen in spielfremde Anwendungen und Prozesse, um die Motivation der Anwender zu steigern und Probleme rascher zu lösen
Corpus desk
Index DE-gamification · Gamification · German
Gamification · rank #95,596 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,596
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH Gallia
Nearest frequency peer: Gallia (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Gamification“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- fünfköpfigen
fünfköpfigen
4,408 corpus weight
- Fünfzigern
Fünfzigern
4,407 corpus weight
- Gallia
Gallia
4,406 corpus weight
- Gamification
Gamification
4,405 corpus weight
- Gartenfest
Gartenfest
4,404 corpus weight
- Gastgarten
Gastgarten
4,403 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Gamification“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Gamification“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Gamification is uncommon German at frequency #95,596 among 5,117 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Gamification appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Natürlich nutzen Firmen Gamification nicht aus Spaß an der Freude, sondern weil sie am Ende des Jahres bessere Zahlen in der Bilanz haben wollen – die aber vielleicht auch durch zufriedenere Mitarbeiter erwirtschaftet werden.“
Synonyms
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); 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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