Melanismus
[melaˈnɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Melanismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dunkle Pigmentierung der Haut bei Tieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-melanismus · Melanismus · German
Melanismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 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 | Melanismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [melaˈnɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Melanismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Melanismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [melaˈnɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "dunkle Pigmentierung der Haut bei Tieren".
Melanismus has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
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 Melanismus, spelled M-E-L-A-N-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1dunkle Pigmentierung der Haut bei Tieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Melanismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Bei Albinismus ist die Bildung von Melaninen blockiert, bei Melanose (Melanismus) hingegen krankhaft vermehrt.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.