perfektionieren
[pɛɐ̯fɛkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]
The verdict
“perfektionieren” is uncommon German (frequency #62,733 among 49,534 “P” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,733
- frequency rank, German
- 49,534
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - etwas (maximal) verbessern; etwas perfekt machen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | perfektionieren |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [pɛɐ̯fɛkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Frequency rank | #62,733 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “perfektionieren” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
perfektionieren is uncommon German at frequency #62,733 among 49,534 “P” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [pɛɐ̯fɛkt͡si̯oˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas (maximal) verbessern; etwas perfekt machen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for perfektionieren in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is perfektionieren, spelled P-E-R-F-E-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas (maximal) verbessern; etwas perfekt machen
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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 “perfektionieren”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-E-R-F-E-K-T-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.