Institution

/[ɪnstituˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,674

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Institution is aGermannoun. It means: Einrichtung, Organisation, Organisationselement, Behörde, Anstalt Pronounced [ɪnstituˈt͡si̯oːn]. It ranks #6,674 in German word frequency. Often confused with Institutionen and Instituten.

Key facts for Institution
PropertyValue
HeadwordInstitution
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪnstituˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#6,674
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Institution is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪnstituˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,674 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Institution, with forms such as "innstitution", "insittution", and "insstitution". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Institutionen", "Instituten", 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 Institution, spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-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
    Einrichtung, Organisation, Organisationselement, Behörde, Anstalt
  2. 2
    Recht, Regel, Norm, Sitte, Brauch, kulturelle Erscheinungen
  3. 3
    allgemein übergreifend wichtige menschliche, gesellschaftliche Tätigkeiten, Vorlieben
  4. 4
    in einem bestimmten Zusammenhang bekannte und außerordentlich geachtete Personen, Organisationen und Ähnliche
  5. 5
    eine mit Handlungsrechten, Handlungspflichten oder normativer Geltung belegte soziale Wirklichkeit, durch die Gruppen und Gemeinschaften nach innen und nach außen hin verbindlich (geltend) wirken oder handeln

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstitution,insittution,insstitution,instittuion,instittution,instituiton,institutino,institutionn,institutoin,instituttion,instiuttion,insttitution,insttiution,intsitution,isntitution,nistitution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Institution

Misspelling Variants of "Institution"

innstitution12insittution11insstitution12instittuion11instittution12instituiton11institutino11institutionn12
Misspelling Variants of "Institution"

Frequency rank: #6,674 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Institution"?
"Institution" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnstituˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Institution" mean?
As a noun, "Institution" means: Einrichtung, Organisation, Organisationselement, Behörde, Anstalt
What words are commonly confused with "Institution"?
"Institution" is commonly confused with "Institutionen", "Instituten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Institution"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Institution" is [ɪnstituˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Institution" come from?
"Institution" 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.