Meerrettich
[ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʁɛtɪç]
The verdict
“Meerrettich” is an uncommon German word, ranked #71,615 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,615
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pflanze aus der Familie der Kreuzblütler mit einer fleischigen Pfahlwurzel
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meerrettich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʁɛtɪç] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #71,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meerrettich” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Meerrettich is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʁɛtɪç]. Corpus data places it at rank #71,615 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Meerrettich doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology 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 Meerrettich, spelled M-E-E-R-R-E-T-T-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1Pflanze aus der Familie der Kreuzblütler mit einer fleischigen Pfahlwurzel
- 2Wurzel der unter [1] beschriebenen Pflanze, deren Geschmack scharf und würzig ist
- 3die geriebene unter [2a] beschriebene Wurzel
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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Using “Meerrettich”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-E-R-R-E-T-T-I-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmeːɐ̯ˌʁɛtɪç] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.