melancholischen

[melaŋˈkoːlɪʃn̩]

/[melaŋˈkoːlɪʃn̩]/ adj

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The verdict

“melancholischen” has 24 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #45,453. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#45,453
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords
24
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

melancholischen vs melancholisch
87% similar
melancholischen vs melancholische
93% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for melancholischen
PropertyValue
Headwordmelancholischen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[melaŋˈkoːlɪʃn̩]
Letters15
Frequency rank#45,453
Misspellings tracked24
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “melancholischen” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). melancholischen lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 24 spelling variants around melancholischen (IPA [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃn̩]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #45,453 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 12 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 24 likely wrong-spelling variants for melancholischen, with forms such as "emlancholischen", "mealncholischen", and "melacnholischen". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "melancholisch", "melancholische", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 melancholischen, spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  3. 3
    Genitiv Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  5. 5
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  6. 6
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  8. 8
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  9. 9
    Genitiv Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  10. 10
    Dativ Singular alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  11. 11
    Akkusativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  12. 12
    Alle Kasus Plural alle Genera der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emlancholischen,mealncholischen,melacnholischen,melanccholischen,melanchholischen,melanchloischen,melanchoilschen,melancholicshen,melancholiscchen,melancholiscehn,melancholischenn,melancholischhen,melancholischne,melancholishcen,melancholisschen,melanchollischen,melancholsichen,melancohlischen,melanhcolischen,melanncholischen,mellancholischen,melnacholischen,mleancholischen,mmelancholischen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of melancholischen - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emlancholischen2mealncholischen2melacnholischen2melanccholischen1melanchholischen1melanchloischen2melanchoilschen2melancholicshen2
Edit distance from "melancholischen"

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 "melancholischen"?
"melancholischen" is spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃn̩].
What does "melancholischen" mean?
As an adjective, "melancholischen" means: Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
What words are commonly confused with "melancholischen"?
"melancholischen" is commonly confused with "melancholisch", "melancholische". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "melancholischen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "melancholischen" is [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "melancholischen" come from?
"melancholischen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “melancholischen”

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-S-C-H-E-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃn̩] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “melancholisch” - see the side-by-side comparison. melancholischen vs melancholisch
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Same frequency band

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list