Selection

/[zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,772

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Selection is aGermannoun. It means: die höchste Qualitätsstufe von trockenen Spitzenweiß- und -rotweinen aller 13 deutschen Weinanbaugebiete. Die Qualitätsstufe Selection wurde in Deutschland zum Jahresbeginn 2001 eingeführt, um den ... Pronounced [zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Often confused with Selektion and section.

Key facts for Selection
PropertyValue
HeadwordSelection
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,772
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Selection is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,772 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die höchste Qualitätsstufe von trockenen Spitzenweiß- und -rotweinen aller 13 deutschen Weinanbaugebiete. Die Qualitätsstufe Selection wurde in Deutschland zum Jahresbeginn 2001 eingeführt, um den ...".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Selection, with forms such as "eslection", "seelction", and "selcetion". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Selektion", "section", 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 Selection, spelled S-E-L-E-C-T-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
    die höchste Qualitätsstufe von trockenen Spitzenweiß- und -rotweinen aller 13 deutschen Weinanbaugebiete. Die Qualitätsstufe Selection wurde in Deutschland zum Jahresbeginn 2001 eingeführt, um den deutschen Weinmarkt transparenter zu machen.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eslection,seelction,selcetion,selecction,seleciton,selectino,selectionn,selectoin,selecttion,seletcion,sellection,sleection,sselection

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Selection

Misspelling Variants of "Selection"

eslection9seelction9selcetion9selecction10seleciton9selectino9selectionn10selectoin9
Misspelling Variants of "Selection"

Frequency rank: #37,772 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Selection"?
"Selection" is spelled S-E-L-E-C-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Selection" mean?
As a noun, "Selection" means: die höchste Qualitätsstufe von trockenen Spitzenweiß- und -rotweinen aller 13 deutschen Weinanbaugebiete. Die Qualitätsstufe Selection wurde in Deutschland zum Jahresbeginn 2001 eingeführt, um den ...
What words are commonly confused with "Selection"?
"Selection" is commonly confused with "Selektion", "section". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Selection"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Selection" is [zelɛkˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Selection" come from?
"Selection" 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.