Meers
[meːɐ̯s]
The verdict
“Meers” is uncommon German (frequency #86,790 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,790
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Meer
Corpus desk
Index DE-meers · Meers · German
Meers · rank #86,790 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,790
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH mehrstündigen
Nearest frequency peer: mehrstündigen (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Meers”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- medic
medic
13,214 corpus weight
- Medienkonze…
Medienkonzern
13,213 corpus weight
- Meers
Meers
13,211 corpus weight
- mehrstündig…
mehrstündigen
13,210 corpus weight
- Meisterbrief
Meisterbrief
13,209 corpus weight
- Melanom
Melanom
13,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Meers” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meers |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meːɐ̯s] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #86,790 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meers” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Meers is uncommon German at frequency #86,790 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meːɐ̯s]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Meer".
Meers has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Meers, spelled M-E-E-R-S.
Definition
- 1Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Meer
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.