Marshmallow
[ˈmaːɐ̯ʃˌmɛlo]
The verdict
“Marshmallow” is uncommon German (frequency #69,489 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,489
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Süßigkeit, die hauptsächlich aus geschlagenem Eiweiß, Zucker und Geliermittel, ursprünglich aus den Wurzeln des Eibischs, besteht
Corpus desk
Index DE-marshmallow · Marshmallow · German
Marshmallow · rank #69,489 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,489
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH marriage
Nearest frequency peer: marriage (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Marshmallow”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Marketings
Marketings
30,515 corpus weight
- marktwirtsc…
marktwirtschaftlichen
30,514 corpus weight
- marriage
marriage
30,513 corpus weight
- Marshmallow
Marshmallow
30,512 corpus weight
- Massenarbei…
Massenarbeitslosigkeit
30,511 corpus weight
- Meckel
Meckel
30,509 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Marshmallow” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Marshmallow |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaːɐ̯ʃˌmɛlo] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,489 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Marshmallow” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Marshmallow is uncommon German at frequency #69,489 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaːɐ̯ʃˌmɛlo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Süßigkeit, die hauptsächlich aus geschlagenem Eiweiß, Zucker und Geliermittel, ursprünglich aus den Wurzeln des Eibischs, besteht".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Marshmallow in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, 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 Marshmallow, spelled M-A-R-S-H-M-A-L-L-O-W.
Definition
- 1Süßigkeit, die hauptsächlich aus geschlagenem Eiweiß, Zucker und Geliermittel, ursprünglich aus den Wurzeln des Eibischs, besteht
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Marshmallow", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.