Margarete

/[maʁɡaˈʁeːtə]/ name

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#18,982

in German word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Margarete is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [maʁɡaˈʁeːtə]. Often confused with Margarine and margarita.

Key facts for Margarete
PropertyValue
HeadwordMargarete
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[maʁɡaˈʁeːtə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#18,982
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Margarete in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Margarete is 9 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maʁɡaˈʁeːtə]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,982 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for Margarete, with forms such as "amrgarete", "magrarete", and "maragrete". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Margarine", "margarita", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Margarete, spelled M-A-R-G-A-R-E-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: amrgarete,magrarete,maragrete,margaerte,margareet,margarette,margarrete,margartee,marggarete,margraete,marrgarete,mmargarete,mragarete

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Margarete

Misspelling Variants of "Margarete"

amrgarete9magrarete9maragrete9margaerte9margareet9margarette10margarrete10margartee9
Misspelling Variants of "Margarete"

Frequency rank: #18,982 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Margarete"?
"Margarete" is spelled M-A-R-G-A-R-E-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maʁɡaˈʁeːtə].
What does "Margarete" mean?
As a name, "Margarete" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Margarete"?
"Margarete" is commonly confused with "Margarine", "margarita". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Margarete"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Margarete" is [maʁɡaˈʁeːtə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Margarete" come from?
"Margarete" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.