maverick

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The verdict

“maverick” is uncommon German (frequency #58,085 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,085
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Vieh ohne Brandzeichen

Corpus desk

Index DE-maverick · maverick · German

maverick · rank #58,085 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,085
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Massenschläge…

Nearest frequency peer: Massenschlägerei (-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 „maverick“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for maverick
PropertyValue
Headwordmaverick
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,085
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „maverick“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Massenschlägerei“ (#58,084), „mayday“ (#58,086), „Maschinengewehren“ (#58,083). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „maverick“ bei #58,085. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

maverick is uncommon German at frequency #58,085 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for maverick, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is maverick, spelled M-A-V-E-R-I-C-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    Vieh ohne Brandzeichen
  2. 2
    Kalb, das keine Mutter (mehr) hat, also mutterlos ist
  3. 3
    Alleingänger, Außenseiter, Einzelgänger

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 "maverick"?
"maverick" is spelled M-A-V-E-R-I-C-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "maverick" mean?
As a noun, "maverick" means: Vieh ohne Brandzeichen
How do you pronounce "maverick"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "maverick" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "maverick" come from?
"maverick" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

messages#58,090Lämpchen#58,065muskulös#58,110Liebenau#58,055

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list