Variationen

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

[vaʁiaˈt͡si̯oːnən]

/[vaʁiaˈt͡si̯oːnən]/ noun

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

The verdict

“Variationen” has 15 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #10,580. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,580
frequency rank, German: 4,163
“V” headwords: 15
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-variationen · Variationen · German

Variationen · rank #10,580 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-MID #10,580
LEN-MEGA 11 letters
VOW-6 6 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-HIGH 15 variants
BOOK-MID 4,163
PHOTO-FINISH verbreiteten

Nearest frequency peer: verbreiteten (+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.

universal

89,424
unterstütze

89,423
Variationen

89,421
verbreiteten

89,420
verbringt

89,419
verdiente

89,418

What this shows „Variationen“ 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).

Variationen vs Variation

82% similar

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

Key facts for Variationen
Property	Value
Headword	Variationen
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[vaʁiaˈt͡si̯oːnən]
Letters	11
Frequency rank	#10,580
Misspellings tracked	15
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Variationen“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Variationenliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#10,580

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

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „verbreiteten“ (#10,581), „unterstütze“ (#10,578), „verbringt“ (#10,582). Unter 4,163 „V“-Lemmata liegt „Variationen“ bei #10,580. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around Variationen (IPA [vaʁiaˈt͡si̯oːnən]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,580 among 4,163 “V” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Variationen, with forms such as "avriationen", "vairationen", and "varaitionen". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Variation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Variationen, spelled V-A-R-I-A-T-I-O-N-E-N.

Definition

1
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Variation
2
Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Variation
3
Dativ Plural des Substantivs Variation
4
Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Variation

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

avriationen
vairationen
varaitionen
variaitonen
variatinoen
variatioenn
variationenn
variationne
variationnen
variatoinen
variattionen
varitaionen
varriationen
vraiationen
vvariationen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Variationen - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "Variationen"

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 "Variationen"?

"Variationen" is spelled V-A-R-I-A-T-I-O-N-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [vaʁiaˈt͡si̯oːnən].

What does "Variationen" mean?

As a noun, "Variationen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Variation

What words are commonly confused with "Variationen"?

"Variationen" is commonly confused with "Variation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Variationen"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Variationen" is [vaʁiaˈt͡si̯oːnən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Variationen" come from?

"Variationen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Variationen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

unterstütze#10,578 verfügbaren#10,584 Zuwanderung#10,601 Abschiebung#10,603

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

verbringt15 variants verkleidet15 variants überwunden15 variants Angeklagte15 variants