Situation
[zituaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Situation” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #845. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #845
- frequency rank, German
- 8,027
- “S” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Summe momentaner Umstände, die bestimmend auf das Handeln einwirkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-situation · Situation · German
Situation · rank #845 · 12 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #845
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 8,027
- PHOTO-FINISH setzt
Nearest frequency peer: setzt (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Situation”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- schwarz
schwarz
99,159 corpus weight
- seid
seid
99,158 corpus weight
- setzt
setzt
99,157 corpus weight
- Situation
Situation
99,156 corpus weight
- Sonntag
Sonntag
99,155 corpus weight
- unten
unten
99,154 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Situation” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Situation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [zituaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #845 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Situation” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Situation (IPA [zituaˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #845 among 8,027 “S” headwords. Dominant gloss: "die Summe momentaner Umstände, die bestimmend auf das Handeln einwirkt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Situation, with forms such as "istuation", "sitaution", and "sittuation". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Station", "Situationen", "Simulation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Situation, spelled S-I-T-U-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1die Summe momentaner Umstände, die bestimmend auf das Handeln einwirkt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Situation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In dieser Situation hätte ich genauso gehandelt.
Nun bin ich in derselben Situation wie du.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- istuation
- sitaution
- sittuation
- situaiton
- situatino
- situationn
- situatoin
- situattion
- situtaion
- siutation
- ssituation
- stiuation
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Situation - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Situation", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Situation". Here's where to go from here.
- "Situation" maps to 3 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Station". View pair
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #845 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "S" letter cohort. S–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.