Konfirmation

/[kɔnfɪʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#33,151

in German word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Konfirmation is aGermannoun. It means: festlicher Eintritt eines Menschen in die christlich-evangelische Gemeinde Pronounced [kɔnfɪʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn].

Key facts for Konfirmation
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HeadwordKonfirmation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[kɔnfɪʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#33,151
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Konfirmation in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Konfirmation is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [kɔnfɪʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #33,151 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "festlicher Eintritt eines Menschen in die christlich-evangelische Gemeinde".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Konfirmation, with forms such as "kkonfirmation", "knofirmation", and "kofnirmation". 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.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Konfirmation, spelled K-O-N-F-I-R-M-A-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    festlicher Eintritt eines Menschen in die christlich-evangelische Gemeinde

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: kkonfirmation,knofirmation,kofnirmation,konffirmation,konfimration,konfiramtion,konfirmaiton,konfirmatino,konfirmationn,konfirmatoin,konfirmattion,konfirmmation,konfirmtaion,konfirrmation,konfrimation,konifrmation,konnfirmation,oknfirmation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Konfirmation

Misspelling Variants of "Konfirmation"

kkonfirmation13knofirmation12kofnirmation12konffirmation13konfimration12konfiramtion12konfirmaiton12konfirmatino12
Misspelling Variants of "Konfirmation"

Frequency rank: #33,151 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Konfirmation"?
"Konfirmation" is spelled K-O-N-F-I-R-M-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [kɔnfɪʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Konfirmation" mean?
As a noun, "Konfirmation" means: festlicher Eintritt eines Menschen in die christlich-evangelische Gemeinde
What are common misspellings of "Konfirmation"?
Common misspellings include "kkonfirmation", "knofirmation", "kofnirmation", "konffirmation", "konfimration". The correct spelling is "Konfirmation".
How do you pronounce "Konfirmation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Konfirmation" is [kɔnfɪʁmaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Konfirmation" come from?
"Konfirmation" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.