medio

[ˈmɛːdio]

/[ˈmɛːdio]/ adj

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The verdict

“medio” is uncommon German (frequency #70,559 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,559
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mittlere, Mittel-

Corpus desk

Index DE-medio · medio · German

medio · rank #70,559 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,559
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH medikamentösen

Nearest frequency peer: medikamentösen (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „medio“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „medio“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for medio
PropertyValue
Headwordmedio
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmɛːdio]
Letters5
Frequency rank#70,559
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „medio“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).mediofällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „medikamentösen“ (#70,558), „medis“ (#70,560), „mehrdeutig“ (#70,561). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „medio“ bei #70,559. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

medio is uncommon German at frequency #70,559 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɛːdio]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

medio has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is medio, spelled M-E-D-I-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    mittlere, Mittel-
  2. 2
    durchschnittlich, Durchschnitts-

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 "medio"?
"medio" is spelled M-E-D-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛːdio].
What does "medio" mean?
As an adjective, "medio" means: mittlere, Mittel-
How do you pronounce "medio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medio" is [ˈmɛːdio]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "medio" come from?
"medio" 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 "medio", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

medis#70,560Manna#70,543maior#70,537moria#70,587

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list