meiner
[ˈmaɪ̯nɐ]
The verdict
“meiner” is in the everyday core of German, ranked #252 in German word frequency and used as an unknown.
- #252
- frequency rank, German
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens ich
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 | meiner |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Unknown |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯nɐ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #252 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “meiner” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for meiner is 6 letters long, classified as an unknown, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaɪ̯nɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #252 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "1. Person Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens ich".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for meiner, with forms such as "eminer", "meienr", and "meinerr". 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, "Mine", "Meter", "meint", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is meiner, spelled M-E-I-N-E-R.
Definition
- 11. Person Singular Genitiv des Personalpronomens ich
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: eminer,meienr,meinerr,meinner,meinre,menier,miener,mmeiner
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meiner - 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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Using “meiner”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-I-N-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaɪ̯nɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Mine” - see the side-by-side comparison. meiner vs Mine
- 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.