Rehabilitation
[ˌʁehabilitaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Rehabilitation” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #16,526 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #16,526
- frequency rank, German
- 14
- letters
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Therapie, die auf die Wiederherstellung verlorengegangener Fähigkeiten abzielt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rehabilitation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˌʁehabilitaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #16,526 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rehabilitation” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rehabilitation is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˌʁehabilitaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #16,526 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rehabilitation, with forms such as "erhabilitation", "reahbilitation", and "rehabbilitation". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rehabilitation, spelled R-E-H-A-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Therapie, die auf die Wiederherstellung verlorengegangener Fähigkeiten abzielt
- 2Maßnahmen, die die Wiederherstellung des Rufs einer Person zum Ziel haben
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erhabilitation,reahbilitation,rehabbilitation,rehabiiltation,rehabiliattion,rehabilitaiton,rehabilitatino,rehabilitationn,rehabilitatoin,rehabilitattion,rehabilittaion,rehabilittation,rehabillitation,rehabiltiation,rehabliitation,rehaiblitation,rehbailitation,rehhabilitation,rheabilitation,rrehabilitation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rehabilitation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Rehabilitation”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-H-A-B-I-L-I-T-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˌʁehabilitaˈt͡si̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.