Magnificat
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The verdict
“Magnificat” is uncommon German (frequency #91,916 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,916
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - urchristlicher, Maria zugeschriebener Hymnus (Lukas 1, 46–55)
Corpus desk
Index DE-magnificat · Magnificat · German
Magnificat · rank #91,916 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,916
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH magnetisches
Nearest frequency peer: magnetisches (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Magnificat”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- machend
machend
8,088 corpus weight
- machtvolle
machtvolle
8,087 corpus weight
- magnetisches
magnetisches
8,086 corpus weight
- Magnificat
Magnificat
8,085 corpus weight
- majority
majority
8,083 corpus weight
- Malzbier
Malzbier
8,082 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Magnificat” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Magnificat |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #91,916 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Magnificat” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Magnificat is uncommon German at frequency #91,916 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Magnificat, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Magnificat, spelled M-A-G-N-I-F-I-C-A-T.
Definition
- 1urchristlicher, Maria zugeschriebener Hymnus (Lukas 1, 46–55)
- 2auf den Hymnentext von Lukas 1,46–55 komponiertes Chorwerk
- 3katholisches Gesangbuch
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 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.