reception

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The verdict

“reception” is uncommon German (frequency #92,117 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#92,117
frequency rank, German
2,984
“R” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Empfangstresen, zum Beispiel in einem Hotel, auch das dort beschäftigte Personal

Corpus desk

Index DE-reception · reception · German

reception · rank #92,117 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #92,117
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,984
  • PHOTO-FINISH Rebellengrupp…

Nearest frequency peer: Rebellengruppen (-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 „reception“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „reception“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for reception
PropertyValue
Headwordreception
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#92,117
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „reception“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).receptionfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Rebellengruppen“ (#92,116), „Rechtsformen“ (#92,118), „reaktiv“ (#92,115). Unter 2,984 „R“-Lemmata liegt „reception“ bei #92,117. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

reception is uncommon German at frequency #92,117 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Empfangstresen, zum Beispiel in einem Hotel, auch das dort beschäftigte Personal".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for reception, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

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 reception, spelled R-E-C-E-P-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Empfangstresen, zum Beispiel in einem Hotel, auch das dort beschäftigte Personal

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Receptionen har följande öppettider: måndag - fredag 09.00 - 13.00.
  2. Här till receptionen är ni välkomna så fort ni undrar något.

This word in other languages

réception(Français)

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 "reception"?
"reception" is spelled R-E-C-E-P-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "reception" mean?
As a noun, "reception" means: Empfangstresen, zum Beispiel in einem Hotel, auch das dort beschäftigte Personal
How do you pronounce "reception"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "reception" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ratgebern#92,111Reifezeit#92,123Rhodesien#92,140riskierst#92,144

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list