Illusion
[ɪluˈzi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Illusion” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,219 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,219
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung
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 | Illusion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪluˈzi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #9,219 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Illusion” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Illusion is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪluˈzi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,219 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Illusion, with forms such as "illsuion", "illuison", and "illusino". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Infusion", "Inklusion", "Illusionen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Illusion, spelled I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: illsuion,illuison,illusino,illusionn,illusoin,illussion,ilulsion,ilusion,lilusion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Illusion - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Illusion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɪluˈzi̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Infusion” - see the side-by-side comparison. Illusion vs Infusion
- 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.