Ion
[iˈoːn]
The verdict
“Ion” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #22,388) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #22,388
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - elektrisch geladenes Teilchen, das aus einem neutralen Atom oder Molekül durch Anlagerung oder Abgabe von Elektronen (Ionisation) entsteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-ion · Ion · German
Ion · rank #22,388 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,388
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH Interventionen
Nearest frequency peer: Interventionen (-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.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Ion“
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What this shows Balken platzieren „Ion“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iˈoːn] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #22,388 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Ion“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Ion is neighbouring look-alikes ("is", "IT", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [iˈoːn]. Frequency #22,388 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Gloss: "elektrisch geladenes Teilchen, das aus einem neutralen Atom oder Molekül durch Anlagerung oder Abgabe von Elektronen (Ionisation) entsteht".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ion in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "is", "IT", "IP", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Ion, spelled I-O-N.
Definition
- 1elektrisch geladenes Teilchen, das aus einem neutralen Atom oder Molekül durch Anlagerung oder Abgabe von Elektronen (Ionisation) entsteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Dieses Ion ist zweifach positiv geladen.
„Weder gibt es einen Plus- noch einen Minuspol, sondern nur ein Gefälle von geladenen Teilchen wie Elektronen oder Ionen.“
This word in other languages
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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