Tradition

/[tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,992

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Tradition is aGermannoun. It means: mündlich, schriftlich, erzieherisch oder auf dem Wege des spielerischen Nachahmens erfolgende Weitergabe bestimmter Denkansichten und Verhaltensweisen innerhalb einer dadurch zur 'Kultur' werdenden... Pronounced [tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]. It ranks #1,992 in German word frequency. Often confused with Transition and Traditionen.

Key facts for Tradition
PropertyValue
HeadwordTradition
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,992
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Tradition is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,992 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.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 Tradition, with forms such as "rtadition", "tardition", and "traddition". 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, "Transition", "Traditionen", 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 Tradition, spelled T-R-A-D-I-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
    mündlich, schriftlich, erzieherisch oder auf dem Wege des spielerischen Nachahmens erfolgende Weitergabe bestimmter Denkansichten und Verhaltensweisen innerhalb einer dadurch zur 'Kultur' werdenden Gruppe aus sozialen Lebewesen
  2. 2
    die Überlieferung hinsichtlich ihres Inhaltes

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: rtadition,tardition,traddition,tradiiton,traditino,traditionn,traditoin,tradittion,tradtiion,traidtion,trdaition,trradition,ttradition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Tradition

Misspelling Variants of "Tradition"

rtadition9tardition9traddition10tradiiton9traditino9traditionn10traditoin9tradittion10
Misspelling Variants of "Tradition"

Frequency rank: #1,992 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tradition"?
"Tradition" is spelled T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is [tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn].
What does "Tradition" mean?
As a noun, "Tradition" means: mündlich, schriftlich, erzieherisch oder auf dem Wege des spielerischen Nachahmens erfolgende Weitergabe bestimmter Denkansichten und Verhaltensweisen innerhalb einer dadurch zur 'Kultur' werdenden...
What words are commonly confused with "Tradition"?
"Tradition" is commonly confused with "Transition", "Traditionen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tradition"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tradition" is [tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tradition" come from?
"Tradition" 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.