Mannequin

[ˈmanəkɛ̃]

/[ˈmanəkɛ̃]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mannequin” is uncommon German (frequency #94,597 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,597
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliche Person, die Kleider vorführt

Corpus desk

Index DE-mannequin · Mannequin · German

Mannequin · rank #94,597 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,597
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mannigfaltig

Nearest frequency peer: mannigfaltig (+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 „Mannequin“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mannequin
PropertyValue
HeadwordMannequin
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmanəkɛ̃]
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,597
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mannequin“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Mannequinfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mannigfaltig“ (#94,598), „Malaysias“ (#94,594), „Markisen“ (#94,601). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mannequin“ bei #94,597. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mannequin is uncommon German at frequency #94,597 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmanəkɛ̃]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weibliche Person, die Kleider vorführt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mannequin, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mannequin, spelled M-A-N-N-E-Q-U-I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    weibliche Person, die Kleider vorführt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Als Mannequin war ihre Bühne der Laufsteg.
  2. „Sie war Mannequin, sagte sie.“

This word in other languages

mannequin(Français)

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 "Mannequin"?
"Mannequin" is spelled M-A-N-N-E-Q-U-I-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmanəkɛ̃].
What does "Mannequin" mean?
As a noun, "Mannequin" means: weibliche Person, die Kleider vorführt
How do you pronounce "Mannequin"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mannequin" is [ˈmanəkɛ̃]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mannequin" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Malaysias#94,594Mainframe#94,592Luftkrieg#94,578Logopädie#94,568

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list