Maser
[ˈmɛɪ̯zɐ]
The verdict
“Maser” is uncommon German (frequency #97,362 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,362
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gerät zur Erzeugung und Verstärkung von Mikrowellen
Corpus desk
Index DE-maser · Maser · German
Maser · rank #97,362 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,362
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Marotten
Nearest frequency peer: Marotten (-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 „Maser“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Markise
Markise
2,643 corpus weight
- Marktplätzen
Marktplätzen
2,642 corpus weight
- Marotten
Marotten
2,640 corpus weight
- Maser
Maser
2,639 corpus weight
- Maskenbildn…
Maskenbildner
2,638 corpus weight
- Massenverni…
Massenvernichtung
2,637 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Maser“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maser |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛɪ̯zɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #97,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Maser“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Maser is uncommon German at frequency #97,362 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛɪ̯zɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gerät zur Erzeugung und Verstärkung von Mikrowellen".
Maser doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Maser, spelled M-A-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Gerät zur Erzeugung und Verstärkung von Mikrowellen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Maser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Maser wurde lange vor dem Laser erfunden.
Während der Maser auf den Mikrowellenbereich beschränkt ist, arbeitet der Laser im Infrarot und in den sich daran anschließenden, noch kürzeren Spektralbereichen.
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.
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