melt

[melt]

/[melt]/ verb

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The verdict

“melt” is an uncommon German word, ranked #90,621 in German word frequency and used as a verb.

#90,621
frequency rank, German
4
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schmelzen

Key facts for melt
PropertyValue
Headwordmelt
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[melt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#90,621
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “melt” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). melt lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for melt is 4 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [melt]. Corpus data places it at rank #90,621 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "schmelzen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for melt, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

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 melt, spelled M-E-L-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    schmelzen

Antonyms

freeze

This word in other languages

fondre(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 "melt"?
"melt" is spelled M-E-L-T. The IPA pronunciation is [melt].
What does "melt" mean?
As a verb, "melt" means: schmelzen
How do you pronounce "melt"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "melt" is [melt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "melt" come from?
"melt" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “melt”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-E-L-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [melt] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list