Mammalia
[maˈmaːli̯a]
The verdict
“Mammalia” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - vielfältige Klasse von Wirbeltieren, deren Vertreter sich durch das Lebendgebären und Säugen ihrer Jungen, sowie Fell und Homoiothermie auszeichnen
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Index DE-mammalia · Mammalia · German
Mammalia · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mammalia |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maˈmaːli̯a] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mammalia“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mammalia is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [maˈmaːli̯a]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "vielfältige Klasse von Wirbeltieren, deren Vertreter sich durch das Lebendgebären und Säugen ihrer Jungen, sowie Fell und Homoiothermie auszeichnen".
Mammalia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mammalia, spelled M-A-M-M-A-L-I-A.
Definition
- 1vielfältige Klasse von Wirbeltieren, deren Vertreter sich durch das Lebendgebären und Säugen ihrer Jungen, sowie Fell und Homoiothermie auszeichnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mammalia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Den Mammalia werden weit über 5000 lebende Tierarten zugerechnet.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.