mallet

[ˈmalət]

/[ˈmalət]/ verb

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The verdict

“mallet” is uncommon German (frequency #98,786 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,786
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mallen

Corpus desk

Index DE-mallet · mallet · German

mallet · rank #98,786 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,786
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mailingliste

Nearest frequency peer: Mailingliste (-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 „mallet“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mallet
PropertyValue
Headwordmallet
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmalət]
Letters6
Frequency rank#98,786
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mallet“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mailingliste“ (#98,784), „machet“ (#98,783), „Lüftungsanlagen“ (#98,782). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mallet“ bei #98,786. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mallet is uncommon German at frequency #98,786 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmalət]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mallen".

mallet doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mallet, spelled M-A-L-L-E-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mallen

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 "mallet"?
"mallet" is spelled M-A-L-L-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmalət].
What does "mallet" mean?
As a verb, "mallet" means: 2. Person Plural Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mallen
How do you pronounce "mallet"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mallet" is [ˈmalət]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mallet" come from?
"mallet" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

machet#98,783Lottes#98,773lodert#98,766miauen#98,807

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list