Meckenheim

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The verdict

“Meckenheim” is uncommon German (frequency #54,728 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#54,728
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-meckenheim · Meckenheim · German

Meckenheim · rank #54,728 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #54,728
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 44,424
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meerenge

Nearest frequency peer: Meerenge (+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 “Meckenheim”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “Meckenheim” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for Meckenheim
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeckenheim
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#54,728
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Meckenheim” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Meckenheim lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Meckenheim is uncommon German at frequency #54,728 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

No misspelling variants are generated for Meckenheim in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Meckenheim, spelled M-E-C-K-E-N-H-E-I-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Meckenheim"?
"Meckenheim" is spelled M-E-C-K-E-N-H-E-I-M. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Meckenheim" mean?
As a proper noun, "Meckenheim" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Meckenheim"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Meckenheim" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list