Melanesien

[melaˈneːzi̯ən]

/[melaˈneːzi̯ən]/ name

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The verdict

“Melanesien” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im westlichen Pazifik nördlich von Australien

Corpus desk

Index DE-melanesien · Melanesien · German

Melanesien · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "M" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for Melanesien
PropertyValue
HeadwordMelanesien
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[melaˈneːzi̯ən]
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Melanesien” sits in German frequency

Melanesien falls outside the top-100,000 ranked German words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Melanesien is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [melaˈneːzi̯ən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im westlichen Pazifik nördlich von Australien".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Melanesien in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Melanesien, spelled M-E-L-A-N-E-S-I-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im westlichen Pazifik nördlich von Australien

This word in other languages

Melanesia(English)Melanesia(Español)Mélanésie(Français)

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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Melanesien"?
"Melanesien" is spelled M-E-L-A-N-E-S-I-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [melaˈneːzi̯ən].
What does "Melanesien" mean?
As a proper noun, "Melanesien" means: eine Reihe von Inselgruppen im westlichen Pazifik nördlich von Australien
How do you pronounce "Melanesien"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Melanesien" is [melaˈneːzi̯ən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Melanesien" come from?
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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