réflexion
[ʁe.flɛk.sjɔ̃]
The verdict
“réflexion” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Betrachtung, Nachdenken
Corpus desk
Index DE-reflexion · réflexion · German
réflexion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" 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 | réflexion |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁe.flɛk.sjɔ̃] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „réflexion“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
réflexion is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁe.flɛk.sjɔ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Betrachtung, Nachdenken".
réflexion doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 réflexion, spelled R-É-F-L-E-X-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Betrachtung, Nachdenken
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.