Rezitation
[ʁet͡sitaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Rezitation” is uncommon German (frequency #89,497 among 2,984 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,497
- frequency rank, German
- 2,984
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Vortrag von Gedichten, dramatischen Szenen oder von poetischer Prosa, bei dem das nachempfindende gesprochene Wort die Dichtung erschließen will
Corpus desk
Index DE-rezitation · Rezitation · German
Rezitation · rank #89,497 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #89,497
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,984
- PHOTO-FINISH rettest
Nearest frequency peer: rettest (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Rezitation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Ressortleit…
Ressortleiter
10,507 corpus weight
- retard
retard
10,506 corpus weight
- rettest
rettest
10,505 corpus weight
- Rezitation
Rezitation
10,504 corpus weight
- Richterspru…
Richterspruch
10,503 corpus weight
- Riel
Riel
10,502 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Rezitation” sits against similarly uncommon German ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rezitation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ʁet͡sitaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #89,497 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Rezitation” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Rezitation is uncommon German at frequency #89,497 among 2,984 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ʁet͡sitaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Vortrag von Gedichten, dramatischen Szenen oder von poetischer Prosa, bei dem das nachempfindende gesprochene Wort die Dichtung erschließen will".
Rezitation has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Rezitation, spelled R-E-Z-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1der Vortrag von Gedichten, dramatischen Szenen oder von poetischer Prosa, bei dem das nachempfindende gesprochene Wort die Dichtung erschließen will
This word in other languages
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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