Pension

/[pɑ̃ˈzi̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,796

in German word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

Pension is aGermannoun. It means: kleiner Hotelbetrieb mit meist privater Atmosphäre Pronounced [pɑ̃ˈzi̯oːn]. It ranks #7,796 in German word frequency. Often confused with Person and Persien.

Key facts for Pension
PropertyValue
HeadwordPension
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[pɑ̃ˈzi̯oːn]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,796
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Pension is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [pɑ̃ˈzi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,796 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for Pension, with forms such as "epnsion", "penison", and "pennsion". 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, "Person", "Persien", "Pensionen", 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 Pension, spelled P-E-N-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
    kleiner Hotelbetrieb mit meist privater Atmosphäre
  2. 2
    regelmäßige Geldzahlung der Altersversorgung
  3. 3
    Zeit nach dem aktiven Arbeits- oder Erwerbsleben, Ruhestand
  4. 4
    Ort der vorübergehenden Unterbringung für auswärts Studierende, aber auch für Tiere oder Pflanzen

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: epnsion,penison,pennsion,pensino,pensionn,pensoin,penssion,pesnion,pnesion,ppension

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Pension

Misspelling Variants of "Pension"

epnsion7penison7pennsion8pensino7pensionn8pensoin7penssion8pesnion7
Misspelling Variants of "Pension"

Frequency rank: #7,796 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Pension"?
"Pension" is spelled P-E-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [pɑ̃ˈzi̯oːn].
What does "Pension" mean?
As a noun, "Pension" means: kleiner Hotelbetrieb mit meist privater Atmosphäre
What words are commonly confused with "Pension"?
"Pension" is commonly confused with "Person", "Persien", "Pensionen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Pension"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Pension" is [pɑ̃ˈzi̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Pension" come from?
"Pension" 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.