maple

Name: maple, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[…]

/[…]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“maple” is uncommon German (frequency #52,266 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,266
frequency rank, German: 3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Ahorn

Corpus desk

Index DE-maple · maple · German

maple · rank #52,266 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-RARE #52,266
LEN-MID 5 letters
VOW-2 2 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-0 0 variants
BOOK-MID 3,571
PHOTO-FINISH mapping

Nearest frequency peer: mapping (+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.

Mads

47,739
malin

47,738
Maniküre

47,737
maple

47,735
mapping

47,734
Martine

47,733

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

Key facts for maple
Property	Value
Headword	maple
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[…]
Letters	5
Frequency rank	#52,266
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „maple“ im Deutschen

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

#52,266

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mapping“ (#52,267), „Maniküre“ (#52,264), „Martine“ (#52,268). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „maple“ bei #52,266. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maple is uncommon German at frequency #52,266 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

maple has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is maple, spelled M-A-P-L-E.

Definition

1
der Ahorn
2
das Ahornholz

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 "maple"?

"maple" is spelled M-A-P-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is […].

What does "maple" mean?

As a noun, "maple" means: der Ahorn

How do you pronounce "maple"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maple" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "maple" come from?

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

malin#52,263 Lobes#52,253 letze#52,243 lasch#52,237