Melasse
[meˈlasə]
The verdict
“Melasse” is uncommon German (frequency #88,022 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,022
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - honigartiger, dunkelbrauner Zuckersirup, der als Nebenprodukt der Zuckerherstellung abfällt
Corpus desk
Index DE-melasse · Melasse · German
Melasse · rank #88,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,022
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH meistbesuchten
Nearest frequency peer: meistbesuchten (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Melasse“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mehrheitswa…
Mehrheitswahlrecht
11,982 corpus weight
- mehrten
mehrten
11,981 corpus weight
- meistbesuch…
meistbesuchten
11,980 corpus weight
- Melasse
Melasse
11,979 corpus weight
- memos
memos
11,978 corpus weight
- Mietzins
Mietzins
11,977 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Melasse“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Melasse |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈlasə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Melasse“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Melasse is uncommon German at frequency #88,022 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈlasə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "honigartiger, dunkelbrauner Zuckersirup, der als Nebenprodukt der Zuckerherstellung abfällt".
Melasse doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Melasse, spelled M-E-L-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1honigartiger, dunkelbrauner Zuckersirup, der als Nebenprodukt der Zuckerherstellung abfällt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Melasse appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Melasse von Runkelrübenzucker hat einen akzeptablen Nährwert und kann als Viehfutter verwendet werden.
Im Reformhaus gibt es Melasse zu kaufen. Sie eignet sich zum Beispiel zum Backen brauner Muffins.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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