Rezension

/[ʁet͡sɛnˈzi̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,384

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

Rezension is aGermannoun. It means: kritische Besprechung eines Werkes (eines Buches, einer künstlerischen Darbietung oder einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit) Pronounced [ʁet͡sɛnˈzi̯oːn]. It ranks #7,384 in German word frequency. Often confused with Rezeption and Rezession.

Key facts for Rezension
PropertyValue
HeadwordRezension
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ʁet͡sɛnˈzi̯oːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#7,384
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Rezension in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Rezension is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁet͡sɛnˈzi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,384 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "kritische Besprechung eines Werkes (eines Buches, einer künstlerischen Darbietung oder einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit)".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Rezension, with forms such as "erzension", "reeznsion", and "rezenison". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Rezeption", "Rezession", "Rezensionen", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Rezension, spelled R-E-Z-E-N-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    kritische Besprechung eines Werkes (eines Buches, einer künstlerischen Darbietung oder einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit)

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: erzension,reeznsion,rezenison,rezennsion,rezensino,rezensionn,rezensoin,rezenssion,rezesnion,reznesion,rezzension,rrezension,rzeension

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Rezension

Misspelling Variants of "Rezension"

erzension9reeznsion9rezenison9rezennsion10rezensino9rezensionn10rezensoin9rezenssion10
Misspelling Variants of "Rezension"

Frequency rank: #7,384 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Rezension"?
"Rezension" is spelled R-E-Z-E-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ʁet͡sɛnˈzi̯oːn].
What does "Rezension" mean?
As a noun, "Rezension" means: kritische Besprechung eines Werkes (eines Buches, einer künstlerischen Darbietung oder einer wissenschaftlichen Arbeit)
What words are commonly confused with "Rezension"?
"Rezension" is commonly confused with "Rezeption", "Rezession", "Rezensionen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Rezension"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Rezension" is [ʁet͡sɛnˈzi̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Rezension" come from?
"Rezension" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.