Mehl
[meːl]
The verdict
“Mehl” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,773. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,773
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist aus gemahlenen Getreidekörnern gewonnenes pulverförmiges Produkt
Corpus desk
Index DE-mehl · Mehl · German
Mehl · rank #9,773 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,773
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH marina
Nearest frequency peer: marina (-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 “Mehl”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mainstream
Mainstream
90,231 corpus weight
- Mans
Mans
90,230 corpus weight
- marina
marina
90,229 corpus weight
- Mehl
Mehl
90,228 corpus weight
- Michelle
Michelle
90,227 corpus weight
- Milde
Milde
90,226 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mehl” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mehl |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meːl] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #9,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mehl” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Mehl (IPA [meːl]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,773 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mehl, with forms such as "emhl", "mehhl", and "mehll". 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 also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ml", "Mh", "men", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mehl, spelled M-E-H-L.
Definition
- 1meist aus gemahlenen Getreidekörnern gewonnenes pulverförmiges Produkt
- 2feines Pulver, das durch Mahlen einer Substanz entsteht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mehl appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Zum Brotbacken benötigt man Mehl.
„Streichen Sie auf Verbrennungen keine Cremen oder Hausmittel wie etwa Mehl oder Melkfett.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emhl
- mehhl
- mehll
- melh
- mhel
- mmehl
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mehl - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mehl", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Mehl". Here's where to go from here.
- "Mehl" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "ml". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #9,773 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.