Mehrheit

/[ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,608

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Mehrheit is aGermannoun. It means: größerer Teil einer feststehenden Gesamtheit Pronounced [ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t]. It ranks #1,608 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mehrwert and Mehrheiten.

Key facts for Mehrheit
PropertyValue
HeadwordMehrheit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t]
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,608
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mehrheit in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mehrheit is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, 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 Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mehrheit, with forms such as "emhrheit", "mehhreit", and "mehhrheit". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mehrheit, spelled M-E-H-R-H-E-I-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    größerer Teil einer feststehenden Gesamtheit

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emhrheit,mehhreit,mehhrheit,mehrehit,mehrheitt,mehrheti,mehrhheit,mehrhiet,mehrrheit,merhheit,mherheit,mmehrheit

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mehrheit

Misspelling Variants of "Mehrheit"

emhrheit8mehhreit8mehhrheit9mehrehit8mehrheitt9mehrheti8mehrhheit9mehrhiet8
Misspelling Variants of "Mehrheit"

Frequency rank: #1,608 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mehrheit"?
"Mehrheit" is spelled M-E-H-R-H-E-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t].
What does "Mehrheit" mean?
As a noun, "Mehrheit" means: größerer Teil einer feststehenden Gesamtheit
What words are commonly confused with "Mehrheit"?
"Mehrheit" is commonly confused with "Mehrwert", "Mehrheiten". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mehrheit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mehrheit" is [ˈmeːɐ̯haɪ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mehrheit" come from?
"Mehrheit" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.