Illusion

/[ɪluˈzi̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,219

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Illusion is aGermannoun. It means: etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung Pronounced [ɪluˈzi̯oːn]. It ranks #9,219 in German word frequency. Often confused with Infusion and Inklusion.

Key facts for Illusion
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HeadwordIllusion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪluˈzi̯oːn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,219
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Illusion in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Illusion is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Illusion, with forms such as "illsuion", "illuison", and "illusino". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Illusion, spelled I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: illsuion,illuison,illusino,illusionn,illusoin,illussion,ilulsion,ilusion,lilusion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Illusion

Misspelling Variants of "Illusion"

illsuion8illuison8illusino8illusionn9illusoin8illussion9ilulsion8ilusion7
Misspelling Variants of "Illusion"

Frequency rank: #9,219 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Illusion"?
"Illusion" is spelled I-L-L-U-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪluˈzi̯oːn].
What does "Illusion" mean?
As a noun, "Illusion" means: etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung
What words are commonly confused with "Illusion"?
"Illusion" is commonly confused with "Infusion", "Inklusion", "Illusionen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Illusion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Illusion" is [ɪluˈzi̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Illusion" come from?
"Illusion" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.