mec
[mɛk]
The verdict
“mec” is uncommon German (frequency #91,937 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #91,937
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Kerl
Corpus desk
Index DE-mec · mec · German
mec · rank #91,937 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #91,937
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Meeresrauschen
Nearest frequency peer: Meeresrauschen (+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 “mec”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mateusz
Mateusz
8,067 corpus weight
- maulen
maulen
8,066 corpus weight
- mec
mec
8,064 corpus weight
- Meeresrausc…
Meeresrauschen
8,063 corpus weight
- Menschenhän…
Menschenhändler
8,061 corpus weight
- Menschenmas…
Menschenmasse
8,060 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mec” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mec |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛk] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #91,937 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mec” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mec is uncommon German at frequency #91,937 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Kerl".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mec, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mec, spelled M-E-C.
Definition
- 1Kerl
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 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.