traditions

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The verdict

“traditions” is uncommon German (frequency #55,773 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#55,773
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs tradition

Corpus desk

Index DE-traditions · traditions · German

traditions · rank #55,773 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #55,773
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Transformator…

Nearest frequency peer: Transformatoren (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „traditions“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „traditions“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for traditions
PropertyValue
Headwordtraditions
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#55,773
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „traditions“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).traditionsfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Transformatoren“ (#55,774), „torpediert“ (#55,771), „transformieren“ (#55,775). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „traditions“ bei #55,773. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

traditions is uncommon German at frequency #55,773 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs tradition".

No generated misspelling entries exist for traditions in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is traditions, spelled T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs 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 "traditions"?
"traditions" is spelled T-R-A-D-I-T-I-O-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "traditions" mean?
As a noun, "traditions" means: Plural des Substantivs tradition
How do you pronounce "traditions"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "traditions" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "traditions" come from?
"traditions" 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 "traditions", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

torpediert#55,771Titelrolle#55,769tierisches#55,768Tierfutter#55,767

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list