Kollaboration
[kɔlaboʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Kollaboration” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #34,760 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #34,760
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - (von ihren Landsleuten abgelehnte) Zusammenarbeit von Personen/Personengruppen mit dem Feind (zum Beispiel im Zweiten Weltkrieg)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Kollaboration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔlaboʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #34,760 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Kollaboration” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Kollaboration is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔlaboʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #34,760 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Kollaboration, with forms such as "kkollaboration", "klolaboration", and "kolaboration". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Kollaboration, spelled K-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1(von ihren Landsleuten abgelehnte) Zusammenarbeit von Personen/Personengruppen mit dem Feind (zum Beispiel im Zweiten Weltkrieg)
- 2Zusammenarbeit auf künstlerischem oder wissenschaftlichem Gebiet
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: kkollaboration,klolaboration,kolaboration,kolalboration,kollabboration,kollaboartion,kollaboraiton,kollaboratino,kollaborationn,kollaboratoin,kollaborattion,kollaborration,kollabortaion,kollabroation,kollaobration,kollbaoration,okllaboration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Kollaboration - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Using “Kollaboration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is K-O-L-L-A-B-O-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [kɔlaboʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.