Rezession
[ʁet͡sɛˈsi̯oːn]
The verdict
“Rezession” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #22,864 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #22,864
- frequency rank, German
- 9
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Phase negativen Wirtschaftswachstums oder schrumpfenden Bruttoinlandsprodukts
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 | Rezession |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁet͡sɛˈsi̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,864 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Rezession” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Rezession is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ʁet͡sɛˈsi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #22,864 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 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Rezession, with forms such as "erzession", "reezssion", and "rezesion". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Rezension", "Rezeption", "Repression", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Rezession, spelled R-E-Z-E-S-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Phase negativen Wirtschaftswachstums oder schrumpfenden Bruttoinlandsprodukts
- 2nicht bakteriell bedingter, entzündungsfreier Zahnfleischrückgang, siehe Gingivarezession
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This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: erzession,reezssion,rezesion,rezesison,rezessino,rezessionn,rezessoin,rezeßion,rezsesion,rezzession,rrezession,rzeession
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Rezession - 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 “Rezession”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is R-E-Z-E-S-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ʁet͡sɛˈsi̯oːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Rezension” - see the side-by-side comparison. Rezession vs Rezension
- 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.