separation

[sepəˈreɪʃn]

/[sepəˈreɪʃn]/ noun

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The verdict

“separation” is uncommon German (frequency #61,925 among 8,027 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#61,925
frequency rank, German
8,027
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Trennung, Absonderung

Corpus desk

Index DE-separation · separation · German

separation · rank #61,925 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #61,925
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 8,027
  • PHOTO-FINISH Seegang

Nearest frequency peer: Seegang (-4 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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „separation“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „separation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for separation
PropertyValue
Headwordseparation
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[sepəˈreɪʃn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#61,925
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „separation“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.separationfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Seegang“ (#61,921), „sicherere“ (#61,930), „Schützenkönig“ (#61,919). Unter 8,027 „S“-Lemmata liegt „separation“ bei #61,925. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

separation is uncommon German at frequency #61,925 among 8,027 “S” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [sepəˈreɪʃn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for separation in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is separation, spelled S-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Trennung, Absonderung
  2. 2
    Abscheidung, Abspaltung (chemisch), Scheidung, Klassierung
  3. 3
    Entlassung

Synonyms

disuniondisconnectiondivisiondivorcedisjunctiondissociationanalysisdecomposition

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "separation"?
"separation" is spelled S-E-P-A-R-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [sepəˈreɪʃn].
What does "separation" mean?
As a noun, "separation" means: Trennung, Absonderung
How do you pronounce "separation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "separation" is [sepəˈreɪʃn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "separation" come from?
"separation" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "separation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

schwerelos#61,917Sitzgruppe#61,934schwankend#61,915Skiverband#61,935

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list