Mainframe

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The verdict

“Mainframe” is uncommon German (frequency #94,592 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,592
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - komplexes und umfangreiches Computersystem

Corpus desk

Index DE-mainframe · Mainframe · German

Mainframe · rank #94,592 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,592
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Malaysias

Nearest frequency peer: Malaysias (+2 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 „Mainframe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mainframe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mainframe
PropertyValue
HeadwordMainframe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,592
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mainframe“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mainframefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Malaysias“ (#94,594), „magni“ (#94,589), „Mannequin“ (#94,597). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mainframe“ bei #94,592. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mainframe is uncommon German at frequency #94,592 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "komplexes und umfangreiches Computersystem".

Mainframe has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mainframe, spelled M-A-I-N-F-R-A-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    komplexes und umfangreiches Computersystem

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Viele große Banken und Versicherungen setzen Mainframes ein.

Synonyms

Großrechner

Antonyms

Personal Computer

This word in other languages

mainframe(English)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mainframe"?
"Mainframe" is spelled M-A-I-N-F-R-A-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Mainframe" mean?
As a noun, "Mainframe" means: komplexes und umfangreiches Computersystem
How do you pronounce "Mainframe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mainframe" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mainframe" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mainframe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Malaysias#94,594Mannequin#94,597Luftkrieg#94,578Logopädie#94,568

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list