Promotion
[ˌpʁomoˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Promotion” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #9,965 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #9,965
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verleihung beziehungsweise Erlangung der Doktorwürde
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Promotion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌpʁomoˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,965 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Promotion” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Promotion is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌpʁomoˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,965 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verleihung beziehungsweise Erlangung der Doktorwürde".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Promotion, with forms such as "pormotion", "ppromotion", and "prmootion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "promoten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Promotion, spelled P-R-O-M-O-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Verleihung beziehungsweise Erlangung der Doktorwürde
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: pormotion,ppromotion,prmootion,prommotion,promoiton,promotino,promotionn,promotoin,promottion,promtoion,proomtion,prromotion,rpomotion
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Promotion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Promotion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is P-R-O-M-O-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌpʁomoˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “promoten” - see the side-by-side comparison. Promotion vs promoten
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source
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.