Supervision

/[zupɐviˈzi̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#40,873

in German word usage

Misspellings

16

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Supervision is aGermannoun. It means: professionelle Rückmeldung zu gezeigtem Verhalten in der Arbeit mit anderen Pronounced [zupɐviˈzi̯oːn].

Key facts for Supervision
PropertyValue
HeadwordSupervision
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[zupɐviˈzi̯oːn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#40,873
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Supervision is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [zupɐviˈzi̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #40,873 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "professionelle Rückmeldung zu gezeigtem Verhalten in der Arbeit mit anderen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 16 documented wrong-spelling variants for Supervision, with forms such as "spuervision", "ssupervision", and "sueprvision". 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 Supervision, spelled S-U-P-E-R-V-I-S-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
    professionelle Rückmeldung zu gezeigtem Verhalten in der Arbeit mit anderen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: spuervision,ssupervision,sueprvision,superivsion,superrvision,superviison,supervisino,supervisionn,supervisoin,supervission,supervsiion,supervvision,supevrision,suppervision,suprevision,uspervision

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Supervision

Misspelling Variants of "Supervision"

spuervision11ssupervision12sueprvision11superivsion11superrvision12superviison11supervisino11supervisionn12
Misspelling Variants of "Supervision"

Frequency rank: #40,873 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Supervision"?
"Supervision" is spelled S-U-P-E-R-V-I-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [zupɐviˈzi̯oːn].
What does "Supervision" mean?
As a noun, "Supervision" means: professionelle Rückmeldung zu gezeigtem Verhalten in der Arbeit mit anderen
What are common misspellings of "Supervision"?
Common misspellings include "spuervision", "ssupervision", "sueprvision", "superivsion", "superrvision". The correct spelling is "Supervision".
How do you pronounce "Supervision"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Supervision" is [zupɐviˈzi̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Supervision" come from?
"Supervision" 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.