Membranen
[mɛmˈbʁaːnən]
The verdict
“Membranen” is uncommon German (frequency #55,545 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,545
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Membran
Corpus desk
Index DE-membranen · Membranen · German
Membranen · rank #55,545 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,545
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Meise
Nearest frequency peer: Meise (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Membranen”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Medikaments
Medikaments
44,459 corpus weight
- Meise
Meise
44,457 corpus weight
- Membranen
Membranen
44,456 corpus weight
- memento
memento
44,455 corpus weight
- Menschenrec…
Menschenrechtsorganisation
44,453 corpus weight
- menschenwür…
menschenwürdige
44,452 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Membranen” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Membranen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛmˈbʁaːnən] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #55,545 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Membranen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Membranen is uncommon German at frequency #55,545 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛmˈbʁaːnən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Membranen in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Membranen, spelled M-E-M-B-R-A-N-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Membran
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Membran
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Membran
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Membran
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.
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.