Suggestion

/[zʊɡɛsˈti̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#42,165

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Suggestion is aGermannoun. It means: etwas, das jemandem suggeriert wird Pronounced [zʊɡɛsˈti̯oːn].

Key facts for Suggestion
PropertyValue
HeadwordSuggestion
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zʊɡɛsˈti̯oːn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#42,165
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Suggestion is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zʊɡɛsˈti̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #42,165 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Suggestion, with forms such as "sgugestion", "ssuggestion", and "sugegstion". 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 is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 Suggestion, spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-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
    etwas, das jemandem suggeriert wird
  2. 2
    Beeinflussung mit dem Ziel, die betreffende Person zum gewünschten Verhalten zu veranlassen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: sgugestion,ssuggestion,sugegstion,sugestion,suggesiton,suggesstion,suggestino,suggestionn,suggestoin,suggesttion,suggetsion,suggsetion,usggestion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Suggestion

Misspelling Variants of "Suggestion"

sgugestion10ssuggestion11sugegstion10sugestion9suggesiton10suggesstion11suggestino10suggestionn11
Misspelling Variants of "Suggestion"

Frequency rank: #42,165 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Suggestion"?
"Suggestion" is spelled S-U-G-G-E-S-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zʊɡɛsˈti̯oːn].
What does "Suggestion" mean?
As a noun, "Suggestion" means: etwas, das jemandem suggeriert wird
What are common misspellings of "Suggestion"?
Common misspellings include "sgugestion", "ssuggestion", "sugegstion", "sugestion", "suggesiton". The correct spelling is "Suggestion".
How do you pronounce "Suggestion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Suggestion" is [zʊɡɛsˈti̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Suggestion" come from?
"Suggestion" 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.