Instruktion

[ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

The verdict

“Instruktion” is uncommon German (frequency #65,375 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,375
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Anleitung, um jemanden mit etwas ihm Unbekanntem vertraut zu machen

Corpus desk

Index DE-instruktion · Instruktion · German

Instruktion · rank #65,375 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,375
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH inkonsequent

Nearest frequency peer: inkonsequent (-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 „Instruktion“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Instruktion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Instruktion
PropertyValue
HeadwordInstruktion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#65,375
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Instruktion“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Instruktionfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „inkonsequent“ (#65,374), „Insulaner“ (#65,376), „Inhaltsstoffen“ (#65,373). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Instruktion“ bei #65,375. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Instruktion is uncommon German at frequency #65,375 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for Instruktion in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Instruktion, spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-K-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Anleitung, um jemanden mit etwas ihm Unbekanntem vertraut zu machen
  2. 2
    von einer Autorität erlassene Handlungsvorschrift

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „An einzelnen Stellen hatte er Instruktionen für die Näherin aufgeschrieben, seine Schrift war schön und ordentlich.“

Synonyms

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 "Instruktion"?
"Instruktion" is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-K-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Instruktion" mean?
As a noun, "Instruktion" means: Anleitung, um jemanden mit etwas ihm Unbekanntem vertraut zu machen
How do you pronounce "Instruktion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Instruktion" is [ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Instruktion" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list