Migration
[miɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Migration” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #5,980 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #5,980
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Wanderung von Menschen oder ganzen Volksgruppen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Migration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [miɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,980 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Migration” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Migration is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [miɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,980 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Migration, with forms such as "imgration", "mgiration", and "migartion". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Migration, spelled M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Wanderung von Menschen oder ganzen Volksgruppen
- 2Tierwanderung, Vogelzug
- 3Stoffwanderung durch poröses Gestein
- 4Stoffwanderung im Körper oder innerhalb von Zellen
- 5Migration von Daten von einer Anwendung, einem Betriebssystem oder Version zu einer/einem anderen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imgration,mgiration,migartion,miggration,migraiton,migratino,migrationn,migratoin,migrattion,migrration,migrtaion,mirgation,mmigration
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Migration - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Migration”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-G-R-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [miɡʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] (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.