Melanine
[melaˈniːnə]
The verdict
“Melanine” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Melanin
Corpus desk
Index DE-melanine · Melanine · German
Melanine · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Melanine |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melaˈniːnə] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Melanine“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Melanine is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [melaˈniːnə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Melanine doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Melanine, spelled M-E-L-A-N-I-N-E.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Melanin
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Melanin
- 3Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Melanin
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.