Meise
[ˈmaɪ̯zə]
The verdict
“Meise” is an uncommon German word, ranked #55,544 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #55,544
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Vogelfamilie der Paridae (deutsch: Meisen)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meise |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯zə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #55,544 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meise” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Meise is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmaɪ̯zə]. Corpus data places it at rank #55,544 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
No misspelling variants are generated for Meise in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Meise, spelled M-E-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1die Vogelfamilie der Paridae (deutsch: Meisen)
- 2ein Vertreter der Meisen; ein kleiner, im Sommer insektenfressender, im Winter körnerfressender Singvogel
- 3Ausdruck in Redewendungen in Verbindung mit haben für „spinnen“, leichte Verrücktheit
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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 “Meise”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-I-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmaɪ̯zə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.