natürlichen Selektion
[naˈtyːɐ̯lɪçn̩ zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“natürlichen Selektion” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 21
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — Genitiv Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs natürliche Selektion
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | natürlichen Selektion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [naˈtyːɐ̯lɪçn̩ zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 21 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “natürlichen Selektion” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for natürlichen Selektion is 21 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [naˈtyːɐ̯lɪçn̩ zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for natürlichen Selektion in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. 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 natürlichen Selektion, spelled N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H-E-N- -S-E-L-E-K-T-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs natürliche Selektion
- 2Dativ Singular der schwachen Deklination des Substantivs natürliche Selektion
- 3Genitiv Singular der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs natürliche Selektion
- 4Dativ Singular der gemischten Deklination des Substantivs natürliche Selektion
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct German spelling is N-A-T-Ü-R-L-I-C-H-E-N- -S-E-L-E-K-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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