Proliferation
[ˌpʁolifeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Proliferation” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 13
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wucherung, Sprossung
Corpus desk
Index DE-proliferation · Proliferation · German
Proliferation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 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 | Proliferation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpʁolifeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Proliferation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Proliferation is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌpʁolifeʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Proliferation, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Proliferation, spelled P-R-O-L-I-F-E-R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Wucherung, Sprossung
- 2die Weiterverbreitung von Massenvernichtungswaffen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Proliferation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man muss das Geschwür an der Proliferation hindern.
Der Atomwaffensperrvertrag verbietet die Proliferation von Nuklearwaffen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.