median
[meˈdi̯aːn]
The verdict
“median” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #29,237. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,237
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 18
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Mitte/Mittellinie eines Organs oder Körpers gelegen
Corpus desk
Index DE-median · median · German
median · rank #29,237 · 7 variants · 18 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,237
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Marker
Nearest frequency peer: Marker (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „median“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- mari
mari
70,767 corpus weight
- Marionette
Marionette
70,766 corpus weight
- Marker
Marker
70,765 corpus weight
- median
median
70,764 corpus weight
- miet
miet
70,762 corpus weight
- Ministern
Ministern
70,761 corpus weight
What this shows „median“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | median |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [meˈdi̯aːn] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,237 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 18 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „median“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around median (IPA [meˈdi̯aːn]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #29,237 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in der Mitte/Mittellinie eines Organs oder Körpers gelegen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for median, with forms such as "emdian", "mdeian", and "medain". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mein", "Meran", "Medien", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is median, spelled M-E-D-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1in der Mitte/Mittellinie eines Organs oder Körpers gelegen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how median appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mediane kraniofaziale Spalten gehören in die Gruppe der medianen Gesichtsspaltmißbildungungen und sind durch Spaltbildungen der Nase mit Beteiligung der Schädelbasis gekennzeichnet.
Wichtige Bestandteile des Kleinhirns sind: der median gelegene Wurm, die beiden Hemisphären mit ihren Tonsillen, der Lobus flocculonodularis sowie die Kleinhirnstiele.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emdian
- mdeian
- medain
- meddian
- mediann
- meidan
- mmedian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of median - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "median", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).