organisations
[ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃənz]
The verdict
“organisations” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #38,323 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #38,323
- frequency rank, German
- 13
- letters
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs organisation
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | organisations |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃənz] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #38,323 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “organisations” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for organisations is 13 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃənz]. Corpus data places it at rank #38,323 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Plural des Substantivs organisation".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for organisations, with forms such as "ogranisations", "oragnisations", and "orgainsations". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "organization", "Organisation", "Organisationen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is organisations, spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs organisation
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ogranisations,oragnisations,orgainsations,organiastions,organisaitons,organisatinos,organisationns,organisationss,organisatiosn,organisatoins,organisattions,organissations,organistaions,organnisations,organsiations,orgganisations,orgnaisations,orrganisations,roganisations
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of organisations - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “organisations”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is O-R-G-A-N-I-S-A-T-I-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃənz] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “organization” - see the side-by-side comparison. organisations vs organization
- 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.