Meister
[ˈmaɪ̯stɐ]
The verdict
“Meister” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,207. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,207
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gewerblich-technische Meister seines Fachs, der seinerseits einen angehenden Gesellen oder Facharbeiter ausbilden darf
Corpus desk
Index DE-meister · Meister · German
Meister · rank #1,207 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,207
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mehreren
Nearest frequency peer: mehreren (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Meister”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- langen
langen
98,797 corpus weight
- Lust
Lust
98,796 corpus weight
- mehreren
mehreren
98,795 corpus weight
- Meister
Meister
98,794 corpus weight
- Regeln
Regeln
98,793 corpus weight
- sobald
sobald
98,792 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Meister” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | Meister |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaɪ̯stɐ] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #1,207 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Meister” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around Meister (IPA [ˈmaɪ̯stɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,207 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Meister, with forms such as "emister", "meisetr", and "meisster". 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, "Meter", "Messer", "Muster", 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 Meister, spelled M-E-I-S-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1gewerblich-technische Meister seines Fachs, der seinerseits einen angehenden Gesellen oder Facharbeiter ausbilden darf
- 2gewerblich-technische Meister seines Fachs, der seinerseits einen angehenden Gesellen oder Facharbeiter ausbilden darf
- 3Bezeichnung und Anrede für eine Person mit besonderen Fähigkeiten
- 4Bezeichnung und Anrede für eine Person mit besonderen Fähigkeiten
- 5Gewinner einer Meisterschaft
- 6Herr über einen Untergebenen, Besitzer eines Leibeigenen
- 7Spielleiter beim Rollenspiel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Meister appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Man sieht die Hand des Meisters.
Er ist ein Meister seiner Zunft.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emister
- meisetr
- meisster
- meisterr
- meistre
- meistter
- meitser
- mesiter
- miester
- mmeister
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meister - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Meister", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Meister". Here's where to go from here.
- "Meister" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Meter". View pair
- 10 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,207 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.