Mehrheit
[ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Mehrheit” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #1,608 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,608
- frequency rank, German
- 8
- letters
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - größerer Teil einer feststehenden Gesamtheit
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 | Mehrheit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,608 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mehrheit” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mehrheit is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,608 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "größerer Teil einer feststehenden Gesamtheit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mehrheit, with forms such as "emhrheit", "mehhreit", and "mehhrheit". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Mehrwert", "Mehrheiten", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Mehrheit, spelled M-E-H-R-H-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1größerer Teil einer feststehenden Gesamtheit
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emhrheit,mehhreit,mehhrheit,mehrehit,mehrheitt,mehrheti,mehrhheit,mehrhiet,mehrrheit,merhheit,mherheit,mmehrheit
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mehrheit - 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 “Mehrheit”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-H-R-H-E-I-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mehrwert” - see the side-by-side comparison. Mehrheit vs Mehrwert
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.