Junkmail
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The verdict
“Junkmail” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unerwünschte, oft gehäuft abgesendete Nachricht (meist für Werbezwecke)
Corpus desk
Index DE-junkmail · Junkmail · German
Junkmail · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "J" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Junkmail |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Junkmail“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Junkmail is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Junkmail in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Junkmail, spelled J-U-N-K-M-A-I-L.
Definition
- 1unerwünschte, oft gehäuft abgesendete Nachricht (meist für Werbezwecke)
- 2Gesamtheit aller unerwünschten Spammails
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Junkmail appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Junkmail wird meistens an mehrere E-Mail-Adressen gleichzeitig gesendet.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.