Meder
[ˈmeːdɐ]
The verdict
“Meder” is uncommon German (frequency #69,493 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,493
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Bewohner der antiken Region Medien im Nordwesten des heutigen Iran
Corpus desk
Index DE-meder · Meder · German
Meder · rank #69,493 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,493
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Meckel
Nearest frequency peer: Meckel (-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 “Meder”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Massenarbei…
Massenarbeitslosigkeit
30,511 corpus weight
- Meckel
Meckel
30,509 corpus weight
- Meder
Meder
30,508 corpus weight
- medikamentös
medikamentös
30,507 corpus weight
- Menschwerdu…
Menschwerdung
30,506 corpus weight
- Mergel
Mergel
30,505 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Meder” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meder |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeːdɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #69,493 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meder” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Meder is uncommon German at frequency #69,493 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmeːdɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bewohner der antiken Region Medien im Nordwesten des heutigen Iran".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Meder, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword 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 best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Meder, spelled M-E-D-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bewohner der antiken Region Medien im Nordwesten des heutigen Iran
This word in other languages
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Meder", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 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.