medusa

[meˈduːza]

/[meˈduːza]/ noun

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The verdict

“medusa” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,451. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,451
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Wassertier mit radiär-symmetrischem Körper von gallertig-knorpeliger Konsistenz; Qualle

Corpus desk

Index DE-medusa · medusa · German

medusa · rank #45,451 · 8 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #45,451
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH medikamentöse

Nearest frequency peer: medikamentöse (-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 „medusa“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „medusa“ 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).

medusa vs Musa
50% similar
medusa vs mesa
67% similar
medusa vs Modus
50% similar

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

Key facts for medusa
PropertyValue
Headwordmedusa
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meˈduːza]
Letters6
Frequency rank#45,451
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „medusa“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.medusaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „medikamentöse“ (#45,450), „Meisterleistung“ (#45,452), „melancholischen“ (#45,453). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „medusa“ bei #45,451. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around medusa (IPA [meˈduːza]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #45,451 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for medusa, with forms such as "emdusa", "mdeusa", and "meddusa". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Musa", "mesa", "Modus", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is medusa, spelled M-E-D-U-S-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Wassertier mit radiär-symmetrischem Körper von gallertig-knorpeliger Konsistenz; Qualle
  2. 2
    eine Gorgone der griechischen Sagenwelt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Le meduse sono animali planctonici, in prevalenza marini, appartenenti al phylum dei Cnidari, che assieme agli Ctenofori formavano una volta quelli che erano i Celenterati.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emdusa
  • mdeusa
  • meddusa
  • medsua
  • meduas
  • medussa
  • meudsa
  • mmedusa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of medusa - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emdusa2mdeusa2meddusa1medsua2meduas2medussa1meudsa2mmedusa1
Edit distance from "medusa"

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 "medusa"?
"medusa" is spelled M-E-D-U-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈduːza].
What does "medusa" mean?
As a noun, "medusa" means: Wassertier mit radiär-symmetrischem Körper von gallertig-knorpeliger Konsistenz; Qualle
What words are commonly confused with "medusa"?
"medusa" is commonly confused with "Musa", "mesa", "Modus". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "medusa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "medusa" is [meˈduːza]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "medusa" come from?
"medusa" 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 "medusa", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mildes#45,457Milena#45,458Mantua#45,443murren#45,465

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Kochs8 variantsPoetik8 variantsKeulen8 variantssands8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list