Melitta

[meˈlɪta]

/[meˈlɪta]/ name

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The verdict

“Melitta” is uncommon German (frequency #52,272 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,272
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weiblicher Vorname

Corpus desk

Index DE-melitta · Melitta · German

Melitta · rank #52,272 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,272
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Medizinproduk…

Nearest frequency peer: Medizinprodukte (-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 „Melitta“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Melitta“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Melitta
PropertyValue
HeadwordMelitta
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[meˈlɪta]
Letters7
Frequency rank#52,272
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Melitta“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Melittafällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Medizinprodukte“ (#52,271), „Menschenkenntnis“ (#52,273), „Metzingen“ (#52,274). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Melitta“ bei #52,272. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Melitta is uncommon German at frequency #52,272 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [meˈlɪta]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "weiblicher Vorname".

No misspelling variants are generated for Melitta in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Melitta, spelled M-E-L-I-T-T-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    weiblicher Vorname

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Das Leben inmitten der Natur ist für Melitta vollkommen alternativlos.

This word in other languages

Mélissa(Français)

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 "Melitta"?
"Melitta" is spelled M-E-L-I-T-T-A. The IPA pronunciation is [meˈlɪta].
What does "Melitta" mean?
As a proper noun, "Melitta" means: weiblicher Vorname
How do you pronounce "Melitta"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Melitta" is [meˈlɪta]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Melitta" come from?
"Melitta" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Martine#52,268mapping#52,267Machart#52,261Monteur#52,286

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list