Illusion

Name: Illusion, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ɪluˈzi̯oːn]

/[ɪluˈzi̯oːn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Illusion” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,219. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,219
frequency rank, German: 1,488
“I” headwords: 9
tracked misspellings: 3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung

Corpus desk

Index DE-illusion · Illusion · German

Illusion · rank #9,219 · 9 variants · 3 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,219
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
VAR-MID 9 variants
BOOK-MID 1,488
PHOTO-FINISH hältst

Nearest frequency peer: hältst (-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.

heuer

90,785
hingehen

90,784
hältst

90,783
Illusion

90,782
industriell…

90,781
Ingrid

90,780

What this shows „Illusion“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Illusion vs Infusion

75% similar

Illusion vs Inklusion

78% similar

Illusion vs Illusionen

80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Illusion
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)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Illusion“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Illusionliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#9,219

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „hältst“ (#9,218), „industriellen“ (#9,220), „hingehen“ (#9,217). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Illusion“ bei #9,219. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Illusion (IPA [ɪluˈzi̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,219 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

1
etwas Vorgetäuschtes; Täuschung

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Illusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

Der Ball scheint zu schweben, dies ist aber nur eine Illusion.
Es wäre reine Illusion, davon auszugehen, dass sich eine diplomatische Lösung schnell finden läßt.

Antonyms

Realität WirklichkeitDesillusion

This word in other languages

illusion(English)ilusión(Español)illusion(Français)ilusão(Português)

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.

Edit distance from "Illusion"

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.

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's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Illusion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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