Repression
[ʁepʁɛˈsi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Repression” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #23,284 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,284
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Unterdrückung
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Repression |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁepʁɛˈsi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #23,284 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Repression” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Repression is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁepʁɛˈsi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,284 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 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Repression, with forms such as "erpression", "reperssion", and "reppression". 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. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Rezession", "Repressionen", "Regression", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Repression, spelled R-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Unterdrückung
- 2Verdrängung oder Unterdrückung von unangenehmen Erinnerungen, Gefühlen oder Ängsten
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erpression,reperssion,reppression,represion,represison,repressino,repressionn,repressoin,repreßion,reprression,reprsesion,rerpession,rperession,rrepression
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Repression - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Repression”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-P-R-E-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁepʁɛˈsi̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rezession” - see the side-by-side comparison. Repression vs Rezession
- 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.