Meier
[ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]
The verdict
“Meier” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,789. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,789
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Beamter eines adligen oder geistlichen Grundherrn, der die Verwaltung und Bewirtschaftung des Haupthofes (Meierhof) übernahm, später Pächter des größten Hofs
Corpus desk
Index DE-meier · Meier · German
Meier · rank #7,789 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,789
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Lutz
Nearest frequency peer: Lutz (-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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Meier“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Lehrern
Lehrern
92,215 corpus weight
- Londoner
Londoner
92,214 corpus weight
- Lutz
Lutz
92,213 corpus weight
- Meier
Meier
92,212 corpus weight
- Nachfolge
Nachfolge
92,211 corpus weight
- namentlich
namentlich
92,210 corpus weight
What this shows „Meier“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Meier |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,789 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Meier“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Meier (IPA [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,789 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 Meier, with forms such as "emier", "meeir", and "meierr". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mir", "mer", "mein", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Meier, spelled M-E-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Beamter eines adligen oder geistlichen Grundherrn, der die Verwaltung und Bewirtschaftung des Haupthofes (Meierhof) übernahm, später Pächter des größten Hofs
- 2Vertreter der Pflanzengattung Asperula aus der Familie der Rötegewächse (früher auch für andere Pflanzenarten, wie Vogelmiere und Ackergauchheil)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Meier verwaltete den Hof seines Grundherren.
Der Meier würde früher zum Färben verwendet.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emier
- meeir
- meierr
- meire
- mieer
- mmeier
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meier - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).