pression
[pʁɛ.sjɔ̃]
The verdict
“pression” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Druck, Drang, Drücken, Pressen
Corpus desk
Index DE-pression · pression · German
pression · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pression |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [pʁɛ.sjɔ̃] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „pression“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
pression is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [pʁɛ.sjɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Druck, Drang, Drücken, Pressen".
Zero misspellings are on record for pression in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is pression, spelled P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Druck, Drang, Drücken, Pressen
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.