Konfusion
[kɔnfuˈzi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Konfusion” is uncommon German (frequency #75,874 among 4,158 “K” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,874
- frequency rank, German
- 4,158
- “K” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Zustand des Durcheinanders oder der Verwirrung
Corpus desk
Index DE-konfusion · Konfusion · German
Konfusion · rank #75,874 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,874
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,158
- PHOTO-FINISH konfirmiert
Nearest frequency peer: konfirmiert (-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 „Konfusion“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Komplementä…
Komplementäre
24,130 corpus weight
- Kompott
Kompott
24,129 corpus weight
- konfirmiert
konfirmiert
24,128 corpus weight
- Konfusion
Konfusion
24,127 corpus weight
- Konkordat
Konkordat
24,126 corpus weight
- Konsuls
Konsuls
24,125 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Konfusion“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Konfusion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [kɔnfuˈzi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,874 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Konfusion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Konfusion is uncommon German at frequency #75,874 among 4,158 “K” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [kɔnfuˈzi̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Zustand des Durcheinanders oder der Verwirrung".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Konfusion, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Konfusion, spelled K-O-N-F-U-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Zustand des Durcheinanders oder der Verwirrung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Konfusion appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der andere Passagier dagegen saß so ruhig und regungslos wie immer in dieser Konfusion und sagte kein Wort;…“
„Zu welchen Konfusionen das vom Denken begleitete Vergleichen der Männer führen kann, zeigen die umlaufenden Professorenwitze über verwechselte Schüler und die galgenhumorigen Väterwitze über das Phänomen der Zwillingsgeburten.“
Synonyms
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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