mela

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The verdict

“mela” is uncommon German (frequency #70,563 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,563
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Apfel: rundliche Frucht eines Apfelbaums mit Schale, Fruchtfleisch und Kerngehäuse

Corpus desk

Index DE-mela · mela · German

mela · rank #70,563 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,563
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mehrdeutig

Nearest frequency peer: mehrdeutig (-2 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 „mela“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mela
PropertyValue
Headwordmela
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters4
Frequency rank#70,563
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mela“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mehrdeutig“ (#70,561), „Menschenfeindlichkeit“ (#70,565), „medis“ (#70,560). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mela“ bei #70,563. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mela is uncommon German at frequency #70,563 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Apfel: rundliche Frucht eines Apfelbaums mit Schale, Fruchtfleisch und Kerngehäuse".

No misspelling variants are generated for mela in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is mela, spelled M-E-L-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Apfel: rundliche Frucht eines Apfelbaums mit Schale, Fruchtfleisch und Kerngehäuse

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 "mela"?
"mela" is spelled M-E-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "mela" mean?
As a noun, "mela" means: der Apfel: rundliche Frucht eines Apfelbaums mit Schale, Fruchtfleisch und Kerngehäuse
How do you pronounce "mela"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mela" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mela" come from?
"mela" 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 "mela", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

malm#70,540Maia#70,536Lyle#70,528nuts#70,632

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list