Makrele
[maˈkʁeːlə]
The verdict
“Makrele” is uncommon German (frequency #93,258 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,258
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - bunter, schlanker, geselliger Stachelflosser im nördlichen Atlantik und Mittelmeer (speziell die Art S. scombrus)
Corpus desk
Index DE-makrele · Makrele · German
Makrele · rank #93,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,258
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Malbuch
Nearest frequency peer: Malbuch (+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 „Makrele“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Magengegend
Magengegend
6,748 corpus weight
- Magengrube
Magengrube
6,747 corpus weight
- Magensäure
Magensäure
6,746 corpus weight
- magerer
magerer
6,745 corpus weight
- Makrele
Makrele
6,743 corpus weight
- Malbuch
Malbuch
6,742 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Makrele“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Makrele |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈkʁeːlə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #93,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Makrele“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Makrele is uncommon German at frequency #93,258 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈkʁeːlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "bunter, schlanker, geselliger Stachelflosser im nördlichen Atlantik und Mittelmeer (speziell die Art S. scombrus)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Makrele in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Makrele, spelled M-A-K-R-E-L-E.
Definition
- 1bunter, schlanker, geselliger Stachelflosser im nördlichen Atlantik und Mittelmeer (speziell die Art S. scombrus)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Makrele appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Gemeine Makrele wird bis zu 60 cm lang.
„Studien belegen zudem, dass Fisch in Blech kaum Nährstoffe einbüßt und gerade klassische Dosenfische wie Makrele, Sardinen und Hering sind gute Lieferanten von Omega3-Fettsäure, die auf jedem Ernährungsplan mit Ausrufezeichen steht.“
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 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).