Apis mellifera

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The verdict

“Apis mellifera” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wissenschaftlicher Name für eine Art aus der Familie der Honigbienen (Apis)

Corpus desk

Index DE-apis-mellifera · Apis mellifera · German

Apis mellifera · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "A" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Apis mellifera
PropertyValue
HeadwordApis mellifera
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Apis mellifera“ im Deutschen

Apis melliferasitzt jenseits der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Formen, im Schwanz spezialisierten oder seltenen Wortschatzes.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Apis mellifera is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "wissenschaftlicher Name für eine Art aus der Familie der Honigbienen (Apis)".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Apis mellifera, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Apis mellifera, spelled A-P-I-S- -M-E-L-L-I-F-E-R-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    wissenschaftlicher Name für eine Art aus der Familie der Honigbienen (Apis)

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Mit ihrem Rüssel saugt Apis mellifera Nektar aus der Blüte.“

Synonyms

Westliche HonigbieneHonigbiene²Apis mellifica

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Apis mellifera"?
"Apis mellifera" is spelled A-P-I-S- -M-E-L-L-I-F-E-R-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Apis mellifera" mean?
As a noun, "Apis mellifera" means: wissenschaftlicher Name für eine Art aus der Familie der Honigbienen (Apis)
How do you pronounce "Apis mellifera"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Apis mellifera" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Apis mellifera" come from?
"Apis mellifera" 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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list