Melder

[ˈmɛldɐ]

/[ˈmɛldɐ]/ noun

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The verdict

“Melder” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,839. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#46,839
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Person oder technisches Gerät, die/das Meldung macht oder eine Information transportiert

Corpus desk

Index DE-melder · Melder · German

Melder · rank #46,839 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #46,839
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meeresgrund

Nearest frequency peer: Meeresgrund (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Melder“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Melder“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Melder vs Meter
67% similar
Melder vs Meyer
67% similar
Melder vs Milde
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Melder
PropertyValue
HeadwordMelder
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛldɐ]
Letters6
Frequency rank#46,839
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Melder“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Melderliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Meeresgrund“ (#46,838), „messbaren“ (#46,840), „miau“ (#46,841). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Melder“ bei #46,839. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Melder (IPA [ˈmɛldɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #46,839 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Person oder technisches Gerät, die/das Meldung macht oder eine Information transportiert".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Melder, with forms such as "emlder", "medler", and "meldder". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Meter", "Meyer", "Milde", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct German form is Melder, spelled M-E-L-D-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Person oder technisches Gerät, die/das Meldung macht oder eine Information transportiert

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Melder appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Adjutant machte eine Handbewegung, und der andere Melder ging ebenfalls.“

Synonyms

ButlerKundschafterMeldegängerOrdonnanzSpion

This word in other languages

informateur(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emlder
  • medler
  • meldder
  • melderr
  • meldre
  • meledr
  • mellder
  • mleder
  • mmelder

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Melder - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emlder2medler2meldder1melderr1meldre2meledr2mellder1mleder2
Edit distance from "Melder"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Melder"?
"Melder" is spelled M-E-L-D-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛldɐ].
What does "Melder" mean?
As a noun, "Melder" means: Person oder technisches Gerät, die/das Meldung macht oder eine Information transportiert
What words are commonly confused with "Melder"?
"Melder" is commonly confused with "Meter", "Meyer", "Milde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Melder"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Melder" is [ˈmɛldɐ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Melder" come from?
"Melder" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Melder", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mattis#46,831lutsch#46,820Mumien#46,859murder#46,860

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Lilith9 variantsLeveln9 variantskuppeln9 variantskrippen9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list