mecker

[ˈmɛkɐ]

/[ˈmɛkɐ]/ verb

The verdict

“mecker” is uncommon German (frequency #71,614 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#71,614
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meckern

Corpus desk

Index DE-mecker · mecker · German

mecker · rank #71,614 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #71,614
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 44,424
  • PHOTO-FINISH maximiert

Nearest frequency peer: maximiert (-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 “mecker”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “mecker” 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 mecker
PropertyValue
Headwordmecker
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɛkɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#71,614
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mecker” 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). mecker 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

mecker is uncommon German at frequency #71,614 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɛkɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meckern".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mecker, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is mecker, spelled M-E-C-K-E-R.

Definition

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    2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meckern

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 "mecker"?
"mecker" is spelled M-E-C-K-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛkɐ].
What does "mecker" mean?
As a verb, "mecker" means: 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meckern
How do you pronounce "mecker"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mecker" is [ˈmɛkɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mecker" come from?
"mecker" 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 "mecker", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 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