melancholischer

[melaŋˈkoːlɪʃɐ]

/[melaŋˈkoːlɪʃɐ]/ adj

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The verdict

“melancholischer” is uncommon German (frequency #78,285 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,285
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

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

Corpus desk

Index DE-melancholischer · melancholischer · German

melancholischer · rank #78,285 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #78,285
  • LEN-MEGA 15 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 44,424
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meiler

Nearest frequency peer: Meiler (-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 “melancholischer”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “melancholischer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for melancholischer
PropertyValue
Headwordmelancholischer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[melaŋˈkoːlɪʃɐ]
Letters15
Frequency rank#78,285
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “melancholischer” 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). melancholischer 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.

Rare enough to double-check

melancholischer is uncommon German at frequency #78,285 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for melancholischer, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is melancholischer, spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  3. 3
    Dativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  4. 4
    Genitiv Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "melancholischer"?
"melancholischer" is spelled M-E-L-A-N-C-H-O-L-I-S-C-H-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃɐ].
What does "melancholischer" mean?
As an adjective, "melancholischer" means: Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs melancholisch
How do you pronounce "melancholischer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "melancholischer" is [melaŋˈkoːlɪʃɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "melancholischer" come from?
"melancholischer" 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 "melancholischer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 15 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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