Makrele

[maˈkʁeːlə]

/[maˈkʁeːlə]/ noun

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Makrele
PropertyValue
HeadwordMakrele
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈkʁeːlə]
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Makrele“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Malbuch“ (#93,259), „magerer“ (#93,256), „Magensäure“ (#93,255). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Makrele“ bei #93,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    bunter, schlanker, geselliger Stachelflosser im nördlichen Atlantik und Mittelmeer (speziell die Art S. scombrus)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Gemeine Makrele wird bis zu 60 cm lang.
  2. „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

Gemeine MakreleScomber scombrus

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Makrele"?
"Makrele" is spelled M-A-K-R-E-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈkʁeːlə].
What does "Makrele" mean?
As a noun, "Makrele" means: bunter, schlanker, geselliger Stachelflosser im nördlichen Atlantik und Mittelmeer (speziell die Art S. scombrus)
How do you pronounce "Makrele"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Makrele" is [maˈkʁeːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Makrele" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list