Ration
[ˌʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Ration” is uncommon German (frequency #57,340 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,340
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zugeteilte Menge von beschränkt vorhandenen Gütern oder Dienstleistungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ration · Ration · German
Ration · rank #57,340 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,340
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH Ramsch
Nearest frequency peer: Ramsch (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Ration“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Quinoa
Quinoa
42,664 corpus weight
- Quito
Quito
42,663 corpus weight
- Ramsch
Ramsch
42,662 corpus weight
- Ration
Ration
42,661 corpus weight
- rauschenden
rauschenden
42,660 corpus weight
- rausgelassen
rausgelassen
42,659 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ration“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ration |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʁaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #57,340 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ration“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ration is uncommon German at frequency #57,340 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌʁaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "zugeteilte Menge von beschränkt vorhandenen Gütern oder Dienstleistungen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Ration, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ration, spelled R-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1zugeteilte Menge von beschränkt vorhandenen Gütern oder Dienstleistungen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Ration appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Während Notzeiten werden die Nahrungsmittel oft in Rationen verteilt.
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); 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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