Mission

/[mɪˈsi̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,310

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Mission is aGermannoun. It means: bedeutsame/r Aufgabe/Auftrag Pronounced [mɪˈsi̯oːn]. It ranks #2,310 in German word frequency. Often confused with Missionen and Missionar.

Key facts for Mission
PropertyValue
HeadwordMission
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɪˈsi̯oːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,310
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mission is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mɪˈsi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,310 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mission, with forms such as "imssion", "mision", and "misison". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Missionen", "Missionar", "missen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 Mission, spelled M-I-S-S-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
    bedeutsame/r Aufgabe/Auftrag
  2. 2
    das Verbreiten einer religiösen Lehre
  3. 3
    mit einem besonderen Auftrag entsandte Personengruppe
  4. 4
    diplomatische Vertretung eines Staates

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imssion,mision,misison,missino,missionn,missoin,mißion,mmission,msision

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mission

Misspelling Variants of "Mission"

imssion7mision6misison7missino7missionn8missoin7mißion6mmission8
Misspelling Variants of "Mission"

Frequency rank: #2,310 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mission"?
"Mission" is spelled M-I-S-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mɪˈsi̯oːn].
What does "Mission" mean?
As a noun, "Mission" means: bedeutsame/r Aufgabe/Auftrag
What words are commonly confused with "Mission"?
"Mission" is commonly confused with "Missionen", "Missionar", "missen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mission"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mission" is [mɪˈsi̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mission" come from?
"Mission" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.