Organisation

/[ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,427

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Organisation is aGermannoun. It means: das geordnete, strukturierte Zusammenspiel von Elementen und Faktoren als Gegensatz zum unbestimmten Chaos Pronounced [ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn]. It ranks #1,427 in German word frequency. Often confused with Organisator and organization.

Key facts for Organisation
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HeadwordOrganisation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters12
Frequency rank#1,427
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Organisation is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,427 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for Organisation, with forms such as "ogranisation", "oragnisation", and "orgainsation". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Organisator", "organization", "organisations", 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 Organisation, spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-S-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
    das geordnete, strukturierte Zusammenspiel von Elementen und Faktoren als Gegensatz zum unbestimmten Chaos
  2. 2
    (gemeinnützige) Einrichtung; ein koordinierter Zusammenschluss von Menschen und Ressourcen, der dem Zweck dient, das Gemeinwohl im Arbeitsfeld der Organisation zu verbessern
  3. 3
    Planung und Durchführung eines Vorhabens

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ogranisation,oragnisation,orgainsation,organiastion,organisaiton,organisatino,organisationn,organisatoin,organisattion,organissation,organistaion,organnisation,organsiation,orgganisation,orgnaisation,orrganisation,roganisation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Organisation

Misspelling Variants of "Organisation"

ogranisation12oragnisation12orgainsation12organiastion12organisaiton12organisatino12organisationn13organisatoin12
Misspelling Variants of "Organisation"

Frequency rank: #1,427 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Organisation"?
"Organisation" is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Organisation" mean?
As a noun, "Organisation" means: das geordnete, strukturierte Zusammenspiel von Elementen und Faktoren als Gegensatz zum unbestimmten Chaos
What words are commonly confused with "Organisation"?
"Organisation" is commonly confused with "Organisator", "organization", "organisations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Organisation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Organisation" is [ˌɔʁɡanizaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Organisation" come from?
"Organisation" 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. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.