prison

[prɪzn]

/[prɪzn]/ noun

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The verdict

“prison” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,006. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#27,006
frequency rank, German
3,409
“P” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gefängnis

Corpus desk

Index DE-prison · prison · German

prison · rank #27,006 · 9 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #27,006
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,409
  • PHOTO-FINISH primitiv

Nearest frequency peer: primitiv (-1 rank slots)

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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „prison“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „prison“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

prison vs Proton
50% similar
prison vs Prise
50% similar
prison vs Prior
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for prison
PropertyValue
Headwordprison
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[prɪzn]
Letters6
Frequency rank#27,006
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „prison“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.prisonliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „primitiv“ (#27,005), „Privatwirtschaft“ (#27,007), „posting“ (#27,004). Unter 3,409 „P“-Lemmata liegt „prison“ bei #27,006. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around prison (IPA [prɪzn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #27,006 among 3,409 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gefängnis".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for prison, with forms such as "pirson", "pprison", and "priosn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Proton", "Prise", "Prior", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

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 prison, spelled P-R-I-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gefängnis

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how prison appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. He was put into prison.

Synonyms

jail

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • pirson
  • pprison
  • priosn
  • prisno
  • prisonn
  • prisson
  • prrison
  • prsion
  • rpison

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of prison - 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.

pirson2pprison1priosn2prisno2prisonn1prisson1prrison1prsion2
Edit distance from "prison"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "prison"?
"prison" is spelled P-R-I-S-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [prɪzn].
What does "prison" mean?
As a noun, "prison" means: Gefängnis
What words are commonly confused with "prison"?
"prison" is commonly confused with "Proton", "Prise", "Prior". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "prison"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "prison" is [prɪzn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "prison" come from?
"prison" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "prison", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

poppen#27,003pushen#27,011patron#26,997Ozeans#26,993

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Ritters9 variantsRussian9 variantsMohamed9 variantsmanning9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list