garrison
[ˈɡærɪsn]
The verdict
“garrison” is uncommon German (frequency #57,007 among 5,117 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,007
- frequency rank, German
- 5,117
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, an dem militärische Truppen stationiert sind
Corpus desk
Index DE-garrison · garrison · German
garrison · rank #57,007 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,007
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,117
- PHOTO-FINISH ganztags
Nearest frequency peer: ganztags (-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 „garrison“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- gain
gain
42,996 corpus weight
- ganztags
ganztags
42,995 corpus weight
- garrison
garrison
42,994 corpus weight
- Gaskammer
Gaskammer
42,993 corpus weight
- gastronomis…
gastronomischen
42,992 corpus weight
- gebettelt
gebettelt
42,991 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „garrison“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | garrison |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɡærɪsn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #57,007 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „garrison“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
garrison is uncommon German at frequency #57,007 among 5,117 “G” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈɡærɪsn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
garrison has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is garrison, spelled G-A-R-R-I-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1Ort, an dem militärische Truppen stationiert sind
- 2Gesamtheit der an einem Ort stationierten Truppen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how garrison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
"Several times he made the perilous journey between the camp of the prince of Lorraine and the garrison of the governor of Vienna."
"By this heavy discharge, which continued as thick and sharp as hail, while, notwithstanding, every arrow had its individual aim, and flew by scores together against each embrasure and opening in the parapets, as well as at every window where a defender either occasionally had post, or might be suspected to be stationed,--by this sustained discharge, two…
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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