Melpomene
[mɛlˈpoːmene]
The verdict
“Melpomene” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tochter des Zeus und der Mnemosyne; eine der neun Musen, die als Göttinnen der Künste und Wissenschaften agieren; Muse der Tragödie.
Corpus desk
Index DE-melpomene · Melpomene · German
Melpomene · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Melpomene |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [mɛlˈpoːmene] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Melpomene“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Melpomene is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [mɛlˈpoːmene]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tochter des Zeus und der Mnemosyne; eine der neun Musen, die als Göttinnen der Künste und Wissenschaften agieren; Muse der Tragödie.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Melpomene, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Melpomene, spelled M-E-L-P-O-M-E-N-E.
Definition
- 1Tochter des Zeus und der Mnemosyne; eine der neun Musen, die als Göttinnen der Künste und Wissenschaften agieren; Muse der Tragödie.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Melpomene appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Melpomene ist eine eher unbekannte Muse.
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.