Ventilation
[vɛntilaˈt͡si̯oːn]
The verdict
“Ventilation” is uncommon German (frequency #87,201 among 4,163 “V” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #87,201
- frequency rank, German
- 4,163
- “V” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bewegung der Luft zur Beseitigung verbrauchter, verunreinigter Luft, besonders in geschlossenen Räumen
Corpus desk
Index DE-ventilation · Ventilation · German
Ventilation · rank #87,201 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #87,201
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,163
- PHOTO-FINISH vehementer
Nearest frequency peer: vehementer (-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 „Ventilation“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Valois
Valois
12,804 corpus weight
- Vanadium
Vanadium
12,803 corpus weight
- vehementer
vehementer
12,801 corpus weight
- Ventilation
Ventilation
12,800 corpus weight
- verantwortu…
verantwortungslose
12,799 corpus weight
- Verbandskas…
Verbandskasten
12,798 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Ventilation“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ventilation |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [vɛntilaˈt͡si̯oːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #87,201 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Ventilation“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Ventilation is uncommon German at frequency #87,201 among 4,163 “V” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [vɛntilaˈt͡si̯oːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Ventilation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Ventilation, spelled V-E-N-T-I-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Bewegung der Luft zur Beseitigung verbrauchter, verunreinigter Luft, besonders in geschlossenen Räumen
- 2Belüftung der Lungen bei der Atmung
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ventilation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Ventilation in den ägyptischen Pyramiden ist etwas ganz Besonderes, und bereits 1000de Jahre alt.
„Als Ventilation bezeichnet man die Belüftung des Respirationstraktes während der Atmung.“
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).