meinst

[maɪ̯nst]

/[maɪ̯nst]/ verb

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The verdict

“meinst” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,360. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,360
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meinen

Corpus desk

Index DE-meinst · meinst · German

meinst · rank #1,360 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,360
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH irgendwo

Nearest frequency peer: irgendwo (-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 „meinst“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „meinst“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

meinst vs Mist
50% similar
meinst vs mint
67% similar
meinst vs mens
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for meinst
PropertyValue
Headwordmeinst
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[maɪ̯nst]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,360
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „meinst“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).meinstliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „irgendwo“ (#1,359), „Möglichkeiten“ (#1,361), „interessant“ (#1,358). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „meinst“ bei #1,360. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around meinst (IPA [maɪ̯nst]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,360 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meinen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for meinst, with forms such as "eminst", "meinnst", and "meinsst". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mist", "mint", "mens", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 meinst, spelled M-E-I-N-S-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meinen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eminst
  • meinnst
  • meinsst
  • meinstt
  • meints
  • meisnt
  • menist
  • mienst
  • mmeinst

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of meinst - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

eminst2meinnst1meinsst1meinstt1meints2meisnt2menist2mienst2
Edit distance from "meinst"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "meinst"?
"meinst" is spelled M-E-I-N-S-T. The IPA pronunciation is [maɪ̯nst].
What does "meinst" mean?
As a verb, "meinst" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meinen
What words are commonly confused with "meinst"?
"meinst" is commonly confused with "Mist", "mint", "mens". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meinst"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meinst" is [maɪ̯nst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meinst" come from?
"meinst" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "meinst", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Müller#1,362gelten#1,353begann#1,346Aktion#1,377

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Merkel9 variantshinten9 variantsInhalt9 variantsHerzen9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list