Meisen

[ˈmaɪ̯zn̩]

/[ˈmaɪ̯zn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Meisen” is uncommon German (frequency #68,462 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,462
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Meise

Corpus desk

Index DE-meisen · Meisen · German

Meisen · rank #68,462 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,462
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Melilla

Nearest frequency peer: Melilla (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Meisen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Meisen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Meisen
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeisen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmaɪ̯zn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#68,462
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Meisen“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Meisenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Melilla“ (#68,463), „mehrmaligem“ (#68,460), „merchant“ (#68,464). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Meisen“ bei #68,462. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Meisen is uncommon German at frequency #68,462 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaɪ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Meisen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Meisen, spelled M-E-I-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Meise
  2. 2
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Meise
  3. 3
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Meise
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Meise

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 "Meisen"?
"Meisen" is spelled M-E-I-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmaɪ̯zn̩].
What does "Meisen" mean?
As a noun, "Meisen" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Meise
How do you pronounce "Meisen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Meisen" is [ˈmaɪ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Meisen" come from?
"Meisen" 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 "Meisen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list