Megalith
[meɡaˈliːt]
The verdict
“Megalith” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein urzeitliches Denkmal aus einem großen, rohen Stein, das meist als Grab oder Kultstätte diente
Corpus desk
Index DE-megalith · Megalith · German
Megalith · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Megalith |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meɡaˈliːt] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Megalith“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Megalith is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meɡaˈliːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ein urzeitliches Denkmal aus einem großen, rohen Stein, das meist als Grab oder Kultstätte diente".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Megalith, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Megalith, spelled M-E-G-A-L-I-T-H.
Definition
- 1ein urzeitliches Denkmal aus einem großen, rohen Stein, das meist als Grab oder Kultstätte diente
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Megalith appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Jeder aufgestellte Stein oder Megalith ist ein Symbol für einen Ahnen.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.