meinte

[ˈmaɪ̯ntə]

/[ˈmaɪ̯ntə]/ verb

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The verdict

“meinte” has 8 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,165. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,165
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen

Corpus desk

Index DE-meinte · meinte · German

meinte · rank #1,165 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,165
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH meint

Nearest frequency peer: meint (-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 „meinte“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „meinte“ 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).

meinte vs Mine
50% similar
meinte vs mint
67% similar
meinte vs meist
67% similar

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

Key facts for meinte
PropertyValue
Headwordmeinte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmaɪ̯ntə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,165
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „meinte“

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „meint“ (#1,164), „Montag“ (#1,166), „lieben“ (#1,163). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „meinte“ bei #1,165. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around meinte (IPA [ˈmaɪ̯ntə]), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,165 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for meinte, with forms such as "eminte", "meinet", and "meinnte". 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, "Mine", "mint", "meist", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 meinte, spelled M-E-I-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen
  2. 2
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen
  3. 3
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs meinen
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präteritum des Verbs meinen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • eminte
  • meinet
  • meinnte
  • meintte
  • meitne
  • menite
  • miente
  • mmeinte

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

eminte2meinet2meinnte1meintte1meitne2menite2miente2mmeinte1
Edit distance from "meinte"

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 "meinte"?
"meinte" is spelled M-E-I-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaɪ̯ntə].
What does "meinte" mean?
As a verb, "meinte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen
What words are commonly confused with "meinte"?
"meinte" is commonly confused with "Mine", "mint", "meist". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "meinte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "meinte" is [ˈmaɪ̯ntə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "meinte" come from?
"meinte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Montag#1,166lieben#1,163trifft#1,170Freude#1,157

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Jungs8 variantsdaraus8 variantsstolz8 variantsSicht8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list