Melancholie
[melaŋkoˈliː]
The verdict
“Melancholie” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #21,354 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #21,354
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Zustand der Schwermut oder Depression, psychische Niedergeschlagenheit, große Traurigkeit
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Melancholie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melaŋkoˈliː] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #21,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Melancholie” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Melancholie is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [melaŋkoˈliː]. Corpus data places it at rank #21,354 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Zustand der Schwermut oder Depression, psychische Niedergeschlagenheit, große Traurigkeit".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Melancholie, with forms such as "emlancholie", "mealncholie", and "melacnholie". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Melancholie, spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-E.
Definition
- 1Zustand der Schwermut oder Depression, psychische Niedergeschlagenheit, große Traurigkeit
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: emlancholie,mealncholie,melacnholie,melanccholie,melanchholie,melanchloie,melanchoile,melancholei,melanchollie,melancohlie,melanhcolie,melanncholie,mellancholie,melnacholie,mleancholie,mmelancholie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Melancholie - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Melancholie”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-E-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [melaŋkoˈliː] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.