Maiglöckchen
[ˈmaɪ̯ˌɡlœkçən]
The verdict
“Maiglöckchen” is uncommon German (frequency #88,002 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,002
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - im späten Frühling blühende Staude aus der Gattung Convallaria mit glockenförmigen, duftenden weißen Blüten
Corpus desk
Index DE-maiglockchen · Maiglöckchen · German
Maiglöckchen · rank #88,002 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,002
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Manching
Nearest frequency peer: Manching (+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 „Maiglöckchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- lästiger
lästiger
12,003 corpus weight
- Maiglöckchen
Maiglöckchen
11,999 corpus weight
- Manching
Manching
11,998 corpus weight
- Marcin
Marcin
11,995 corpus weight
- Margareten
Margareten
11,994 corpus weight
- Marginalisi…
Marginalisierung
11,993 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Maiglöckchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maiglöckchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯ˌɡlœkçən] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #88,002 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maiglöckchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maiglöckchen is uncommon German at frequency #88,002 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaɪ̯ˌɡlœkçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "im späten Frühling blühende Staude aus der Gattung Convallaria mit glockenförmigen, duftenden weißen Blüten".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Maiglöckchen, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Maiglöckchen, spelled M-A-I-G-L-Ö-C-K-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1im späten Frühling blühende Staude aus der Gattung Convallaria mit glockenförmigen, duftenden weißen Blüten
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Maiglöckchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch die roten Beeren des Maiglöckchens sind giftig.
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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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).