Instruktion
[ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn]
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
- Ingenieurwe…
Ingenieurwesen
34,629 corpus weight
- Inhaltsstof…
Inhaltsstoffen
34,628 corpus weight
- inkonsequent
inkonsequent
34,627 corpus weight
- Instruktion
Instruktion
34,626 corpus weight
- Insulaner
Insulaner
34,625 corpus weight
- integrierbar
integrierbar
34,624 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Instruktion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Instruktion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɪnstʁʊkˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #65,375 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Instruktion“ im Deutschen
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
- 1Anleitung, um jemanden mit etwas ihm Unbekanntem vertraut zu machen
- 2von einer Autorität erlassene Handlungsvorschrift
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Instruktion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„An einzelnen Stellen hatte er Instruktionen für die Näherin aufgeschrieben, seine Schrift war schön und ordentlich.“
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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