Medium

/[ˈmeːdi̯ʊm]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,283

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Medium is aGermannoun. It means: Kommunikationsmittel zur Informationsübertragung, zum Beispiel Internet, Presse, Rundfunk Pronounced [ˈmeːdi̯ʊm]. It ranks #5,283 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mediums and Medi.

Key facts for Medium
PropertyValue
HeadwordMedium
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmeːdi̯ʊm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,283
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Medium in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Medium is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmeːdi̯ʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,283 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 13 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Medium, with forms such as "emdium", "mdeium", and "meddium". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Mediums", "Medi", "media", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Medium, spelled M-E-D-I-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Kommunikationsmittel zur Informationsübertragung, zum Beispiel Internet, Presse, Rundfunk
  2. 2
    eine einzelne Publikationsform, beziehungsweise ein Datenträger, zum Beispiel Buch, Tonband, CD-ROM, DVD
  3. 3
    vermittelndes Element, ein allgemeiner Begriff der Medienphilosophie
  4. 4
    ein Übertragungsmedium oder ein Datenspeicher
  5. 5
    ein Träger von Wellen
  6. 6
    Sammelbegriff für Stoffe, die andere Stoffe aufnehmen, unter anderem Lösungs- und Dispersionsmittel
  7. 7
    eine Nährlösung oder ein Nährboden für Bakterien, Pilze oder Pflanzen
  8. 8
    ein unter anderem im Griechischen vorkommendes, zwischen Aktiv und Passiv stehendes Genus verbi
  9. 9
    Sammelbegriff für flüssige, gasförmige oder fein zerteilte feste Stoffe
  10. 10
    Person, die (angeblich) Verbindung mit spirituellen Wesen, zum Beispiel Geistern und Verstorbenen, herstellen kann
  11. 11
    Oberbegriff für das Filtermaterial
  12. 12
    Darstellungsmittel für den Unterrichtsstoff
  13. 13
    Bildungsträger

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emdium,mdeium,meddium,medimu,mediumm,meduim,meidum,mmedium

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Medium

Misspelling Variants of "Medium"

emdium6mdeium6meddium7medimu6mediumm7meduim6meidum6mmedium7
Misspelling Variants of "Medium"

Frequency rank: #5,283 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Medium"?
"Medium" is spelled M-E-D-I-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmeːdi̯ʊm].
What does "Medium" mean?
As a noun, "Medium" means: Kommunikationsmittel zur Informationsübertragung, zum Beispiel Internet, Presse, Rundfunk
What words are commonly confused with "Medium"?
"Medium" is commonly confused with "Mediums", "Medi", "media". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Medium"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Medium" is [ˈmeːdi̯ʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Medium" come from?
"Medium" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.