Mekong
[ˈmeːkɔŋ]
The verdict
“Mekong” is uncommon German (frequency #62,642 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,642
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - südostasiatischer Fluss
Corpus desk
Index DE-mekong · Mekong · German
Mekong · rank #62,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,642
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Menschenseele
Nearest frequency peer: Menschenseele (+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 „Mekong“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Maulwürfe
Maulwürfe
37,363 corpus weight
- MdEP
MdEP
37,362 corpus weight
- meal
meal
37,361 corpus weight
- Mekong
Mekong
37,359 corpus weight
- Menschensee…
Menschenseele
37,358 corpus weight
- MGs
MGs
37,354 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mekong“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mekong |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmeːkɔŋ] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,642 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mekong“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mekong is uncommon German at frequency #62,642 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmeːkɔŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "südostasiatischer Fluss".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mekong, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mekong, spelled M-E-K-O-N-G.
Definition
- 1südostasiatischer Fluss
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mekong appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Doch die boomende Wirtschaft Südostasiens und der Klimawandel bringen Gefahren mit sich, die den Mekong in seiner Schönheit und als Nahrungs- und Energiequelle zerstören können.“
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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