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)
- mathematisc…
mathematisches
45,276 corpus weight
- Maultaschen
Maultaschen
45,275 corpus weight
- Meckenheim
Meckenheim
45,273 corpus weight
- Meerenge
Meerenge
45,272 corpus weight
- meistert
meistert
45,271 corpus weight
- melodisch
melodisch
45,270 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meckenheim |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #54,728 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meckenheim” sits in German frequency
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
- 1eine 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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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.