medis
[ˈmʲæːdʲɪs]
The verdict
“medis” is uncommon German (frequency #70,560 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,560
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große Pflanze mit Stamm, Ästen und Krone; Baum
Corpus desk
Index DE-medis · medis · German
medis · rank #70,560 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #70,560
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH medio
Nearest frequency peer: medio (-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 „medis“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Medienkritik
Medienkritik
29,445 corpus weight
- medikamentö…
medikamentösen
29,443 corpus weight
- medio
medio
29,442 corpus weight
- medis
medis
29,441 corpus weight
- mehrdeutig
mehrdeutig
29,440 corpus weight
- mela
mela
29,438 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „medis“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medis |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʲæːdʲɪs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #70,560 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „medis“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
medis is uncommon German at frequency #70,560 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʲæːdʲɪs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
medis has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is medis, spelled M-E-D-I-S.
Definition
- 1große Pflanze mit Stamm, Ästen und Krone; Baum
- 2Baumaterial, das aus dem Stamm von Bäumen gewonnen wird; Holz
Synonyms
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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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