Melonenbaum
[meˈloːnənˌbaʊ̯m]
The verdict
“Melonenbaum” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gewächs (Baum), auf dem Papayas wachsen, die Melonen ähnlich sehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-melonenbaum · Melonenbaum · German
Melonenbaum · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 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 | Melonenbaum |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meˈloːnənˌbaʊ̯m] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Melonenbaum“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Melonenbaum is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [meˈloːnənˌbaʊ̯m]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Gewächs (Baum), auf dem Papayas wachsen, die Melonen ähnlich sehen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Melonenbaum, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Melonenbaum, spelled M-E-L-O-N-E-N-B-A-U-M.
Definition
- 1Gewächs (Baum), auf dem Papayas wachsen, die Melonen ähnlich sehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Melonenbaum appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In Unyanyembé haben sie demzufolge Melonenbäume, süsse Bananen, Mango und Citronenbäume, Custardäpfel (die schmackhaften Früchte einer Art des Flaschenbaums Annona reticulata) und Granatäpfel gepflanzt […].“
Synonyms
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.