meiden
[ˈmaɪ̯dn̩]
The verdict
“meiden” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #11,482. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #11,482
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas dafür tun, einer Person oder Sache nicht zu begegnen
Corpus desk
Index DE-meiden · meiden · German
meiden · rank #11,482 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #11,482
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH medizinisch
Nearest frequency peer: medizinisch (-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 “meiden”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Matthäus
Matthäus
88,522 corpus weight
- maximum
maximum
88,521 corpus weight
- medizinisch
medizinisch
88,520 corpus weight
- meiden
meiden
88,519 corpus weight
- Mobbing
Mobbing
88,518 corpus weight
- Most
Most
88,517 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “meiden” 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 | meiden |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯dn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #11,482 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “meiden” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around meiden (IPA [ˈmaɪ̯dn̩]), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,482 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "etwas dafür tun, einer Person oder Sache nicht zu begegnen".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for meiden, with forms such as "emiden", "meidden", and "meidenn". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mein", "meine", "melde", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is meiden, spelled M-E-I-D-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas dafür tun, einer Person oder Sache nicht zu begegnen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how meiden appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man sollte unnötiges Risiko meiden.
Bei zu wenig Erfahrung sind die steileren Wege zu meiden.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emiden
- meidden
- meidenn
- meidne
- meiedn
- mieden
- mmeiden
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meiden - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meiden", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "meiden". Here's where to go from here.
- "meiden" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "mein". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #11,482 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.