Iteration
[iteʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Iteration” is uncommon German (frequency #74,737 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,737
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Methode, sich der Lösung eines Rechenproblems schrittweise, durch wiederholte Anwendung desselben Rechenverfahrens, anzunähern
Corpus desk
Index DE-iteration · Iteration · German
Iteration · rank #74,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,737
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH interessantere
Nearest frequency peer: interessantere (-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 „Iteration“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Innings
Innings
25,269 corpus weight
- interessant…
interessantere
25,265 corpus weight
- Iteration
Iteration
25,264 corpus weight
- Iwanowitsch
Iwanowitsch
25,263 corpus weight
- Jalta
Jalta
25,262 corpus weight
- jas
jas
25,261 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Iteration“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Iteration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [iteʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Iteration“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Iteration is uncommon German at frequency #74,737 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [iteʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Iteration in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Iteration, spelled I-T-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Methode, sich der Lösung eines Rechenproblems schrittweise, durch wiederholte Anwendung desselben Rechenverfahrens, anzunähern
- 2Iterationsschritt
- 3mehrfache Wiederholung eines sprachlichen Elements im Wort
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Iteration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nullstellen von Polynomen höherer Ordnung können numerisch durch Iteration bestimmt werden.
Nach nur vier Iterationen weicht unser Ergebnis um weniger als 1% vom tatsächlichen Wert ab.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).