Meerjungfrau
[ˈmeːɐ̯jʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Meerjungfrau” has 18 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,716. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,716
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
- 18
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Märchenfigur, Sagengestalt, Fabelwesen, deren obere Hälfte eine Frau und deren untere Hälfte einen Fisch verkörpert und welche überwiegend im Meer lebt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meerjungfrau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeːɐ̯jʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #33,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meerjungfrau” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 18 spelling variants around Meerjungfrau (IPA [ˈmeːɐ̯jʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,716 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Märchenfigur, Sagengestalt, Fabelwesen, deren obere Hälfte eine Frau und deren untere Hälfte einen Fisch verkörpert und welche überwiegend im Meer lebt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for Meerjungfrau, with forms such as "emerjungfrau", "meejrungfrau", and "meerjjungfrau". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Meerjungfrau, spelled M-E-E-R-J-U-N-G-F-R-A-U.
Definition
- 1Märchenfigur, Sagengestalt, Fabelwesen, deren obere Hälfte eine Frau und deren untere Hälfte einen Fisch verkörpert und welche überwiegend im Meer lebt
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emerjungfrau
- meejrungfrau
- meerjjungfrau
- meerjnugfrau
- meerjugnfrau
- meerjunfgrau
- meerjungfaru
- meerjungffrau
- meerjungfrrau
- meerjungfrua
- meerjunggfrau
- meerjungrfau
- meerjunngfrau
- meerrjungfrau
- meerujngfrau
- merejungfrau
- merjungfrau
- mmeerjungfrau
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meerjungfrau - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Meerjungfrau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-E-R-J-U-N-G-F-R-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmeːɐ̯jʊŋˌfʁaʊ̯] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.