Melanie

/[ˈmeːlani]/ name

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,411

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

Melanie is aGermanname. It means: weiblicher Vorname Pronounced [ˈmeːlani]. It ranks #9,411 in German word frequency. Often confused with Melone and Melodie.

Key facts for Melanie
PropertyValue
HeadwordMelanie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[ˈmeːlani]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,411
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Melanie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Melanie is 7 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmeːlani]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,411 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "weiblicher Vorname".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Melanie, with forms such as "emlanie", "mealnie", and "melaine". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Melone", "Melodie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Melanie, spelled M-E-L-A-N-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emlanie,mealnie,melaine,melanei,melannie,mellanie,melnaie,mleanie,mmelanie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Melanie

Misspelling Variants of "Melanie"

emlanie7mealnie7melaine7melanei7melannie8mellanie8melnaie7mleanie7
Misspelling Variants of "Melanie"

Frequency rank: #9,411 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Melanie"?
"Melanie" is spelled M-E-L-A-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmeːlani].
What does "Melanie" mean?
As a name, "Melanie" means: weiblicher Vorname
What words are commonly confused with "Melanie"?
"Melanie" is commonly confused with "Melone", "Melodie". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Melanie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Melanie" is [ˈmeːlani]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Melanie" come from?
"Melanie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.