mecker
[ˈmɛkɐ]
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)
- maximiert
maximiert
28,388 corpus weight
- mecker
mecker
28,387 corpus weight
- Meerrettich
Meerrettich
28,386 corpus weight
- Megafon
Megafon
28,385 corpus weight
- mene
mene
28,384 corpus weight
- Mensche
Mensche
28,383 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mecker |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɛkɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,614 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mecker” sits in German frequency
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
- 12. 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.
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 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.