organization

/[ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən]/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,537

in German word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

organization is aGermannoun. It means: ein koordinierter Zusammenschluss von Menschen und Ressourcen, der einem bestimmten Zweck dient; (die) Organisation f Pronounced [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən]. Often confused with Organisation and organisations.

Key facts for organization
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Headwordorganization
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#36,537
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for organization is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,537 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein koordinierter Zusammenschluss von Menschen und Ressourcen, der einem bestimmten Zweck dient; (die) Organisation f".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for organization, with forms such as "ogranization", "oragnization", and "orgainzation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Organisation", "organisations", 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 organization, spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-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
    ein koordinierter Zusammenschluss von Menschen und Ressourcen, der einem bestimmten Zweck dient; (die) Organisation f

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ogranization,oragnization,orgainzation,organiaztion,organizaiton,organizatino,organizationn,organizatoin,organizattion,organiztaion,organizzation,organnization,organziation,orgganization,orgnaization,orrganization,roganization

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for organization

Misspelling Variants of "organization"

ogranization12oragnization12orgainzation12organiaztion12organizaiton12organizatino12organizationn13organizatoin12
Misspelling Variants of "organization"

Frequency rank: #36,537 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "organization"?
"organization" is spelled O-R-G-A-N-I-Z-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən].
What does "organization" mean?
As a noun, "organization" means: ein koordinierter Zusammenschluss von Menschen und Ressourcen, der einem bestimmten Zweck dient; (die) Organisation f
What words are commonly confused with "organization"?
"organization" is commonly confused with "Organisation", "organisations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "organization"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "organization" is [ˈɔː(ɹ).ɡən.aɪˌzeɪ.ʃən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "organization" come from?
"organization" 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.