Tradition

Name: Tradition, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]

/[tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Tradition” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,992. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,992
frequency rank, German: 2,684
“T” headwords: 13
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mündlich, schriftlich, erzieherisch oder auf dem Wege des spielerischen Nachahmens erfolgende Weitergabe bestimmter Denkansichten und Verhaltensweisen innerhalb einer dadurch zur 'Kultur' werdenden...

Corpus desk

Index DE-tradition · Tradition · German

Tradition · rank #1,992 · 13 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #1,992
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 13 variants
BOOK-MID 2,684
PHOTO-FINISH technische

Nearest frequency peer: technische (-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.

starten

98,011
technische

98,010
Tradition

98,009
Training

98,008
Typen

98,007
Tätigkeit

98,006

What this shows „Tradition“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Tradition vs Transition

80% similar

Tradition vs Traditionen

82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Tradition
Property	Value
Headword	Tradition
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#1,992
Misspellings tracked	13
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Tradition“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Traditionliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1,992

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „technische“ (#1,991), „Training“ (#1,993), „starten“ (#1,990). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Tradition“ bei #1,992. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Tradition (IPA [tʁadiˈt͡si̯oːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,992 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Tradition, with forms such as "rtadition", "tardition", and "traddition". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Transition", "Traditionen", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Tradition, spelled T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N.

Definition

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
die Überlieferung hinsichtlich ihres Inhaltes

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Tradition appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

„Niemand kann heutzutage mehr daran denken, diese ungeheuren Errungenschaften durch die unvermutete Anhäufung einer Reihe zufällig gemachter Funde zu erklären […] Jede hier festgestellte Technik setzt Jahrhunderte tätiger und methodischer Beobachtung und kühne und nachgeprüfte Hypothesen voraus […] Der Mensch des Neolithikums oder der Frühgeschichte ist a…
„Nach den bekannt gewordenen Informationen lässt sich vermuten, nicht beweisen, dass es sich bei dem Unglücksflug um ein fliegerisches Husarenstück handelte, wie es in Offizierskreisen der Luftwaffe vieler Länder Tradition hat.“

Synonyms

TradierungWeitergabe ÜberlieferungTraditionsprozessBrauch Gepflogenheit Gewohnheit Sitte

This word in other languages

tradition(English)tradición(Español)tradition(Français)tradição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

rtadition
tardition
traddition
tradiiton
traditino
traditionn
traditoin
tradittion
tradtiion
traidtion
trdaition
trradition
ttradition

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Tradition - 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.

Edit distance from "Tradition"

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 "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'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 "Tradition", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Tätigkeit#1,995 verwenden#1,998 abgesehen#2,009 angeblich#2,012

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Nürnberg13 variants übernommen13 variants entsteht13 variants geblieben13 variants