Medina

[meˈdiːna]

/[meˈdiːna]/ noun

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The verdict

“Medina” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,324. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#35,324
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Altstadt orientalischer Städte

Corpus desk

Index DE-medina · Medina · German

Medina · rank #35,324 · 7 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #35,324
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Medienlandsch…

Nearest frequency peer: Medienlandschaft (-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 „Medina“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Medina“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Medina vs mein
50% similar
Medina vs meine
50% similar
Medina vs meint
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Medina
PropertyValue
HeadwordMedina
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meˈdiːna]
Letters6
Frequency rank#35,324
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Medina“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Medinaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Medienlandschaft“ (#35,323), „meditieren“ (#35,325), „Meinungsbildung“ (#35,326). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Medina“ bei #35,324. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Medina (IPA [meˈdiːna]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,324 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Altstadt orientalischer Städte".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Medina, with forms such as "emdina", "mdeina", and "meddina". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "mein", "meine", "meint", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Medina, spelled M-E-D-I-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Altstadt orientalischer Städte

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Medina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Er liegt in der Mitte der Altstadt, und schmale wie schmalste Gässchen führen von dort entweder hinauf ins Adlernest der Medina oder zum Hafen hinab.“

This word in other languages

medina(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emdina
  • mdeina
  • meddina
  • medinna
  • mednia
  • meidna
  • mmedina

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Medina - 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.

emdina2mdeina2meddina1medinna1mednia2meidna2mmedina1
Edit distance from "Medina"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Medina"?
"Medina" is spelled M-E-D-I-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈdiːna].
What does "Medina" mean?
As a noun, "Medina" means: Altstadt orientalischer Städte
What words are commonly confused with "Medina"?
"Medina" is commonly confused with "mein", "meine", "meint". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Medina"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Medina" is [meˈdiːna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Medina" come from?
"Medina" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Medina", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list