Reduktionsprobe
[ʁedʊkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌpʁoːbə]
The verdict
“Reduktionsprobe” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Verfahren, mit dem man bei Sätzen oder Satzgliedern untersucht, welche ihrer Bestandteile (Konstituenten) man weglassen kann, ohne dass der Rest grammatisch falsch ist. Das Verfahren dient dazu, no...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Reduktionsprobe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁedʊkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌpʁoːbə] |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Reduktionsprobe” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Reduktionsprobe is 15 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁedʊkˈt͡si̯oːnsˌpʁoːbə]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Verfahren, mit dem man bei Sätzen oder Satzgliedern untersucht, welche ihrer Bestandteile (Konstituenten) man weglassen kann, ohne dass der Rest grammatisch falsch ist. Das Verfahren dient dazu, no...".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Reduktionsprobe, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Reduktionsprobe, spelled R-E-D-U-K-T-I-O-N-S-P-R-O-B-E.
Definition
- 1Verfahren, mit dem man bei Sätzen oder Satzgliedern untersucht, welche ihrer Bestandteile (Konstituenten) man weglassen kann, ohne dass der Rest grammatisch falsch ist. Das Verfahren dient dazu, notwendige Teile von Sätzen oder Satzgliedern von den nicht notwendigen zu unterscheiden.
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Using “Reduktionsprobe”
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- The one correct German spelling is R-E-D-U-K-T-I-O-N-S-P-R-O-B-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.