memento
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The verdict
“memento” is uncommon German (frequency #55,546 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,546
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein zur Erinnerung an einen Ort oder ein Ereignis behaltenes Objekt
Corpus desk
Index DE-memento · memento · German
memento · rank #55,546 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,546
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Membranen
Nearest frequency peer: Membranen (-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 “memento”
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 “memento” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | memento |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #55,546 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “memento” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
memento is uncommon German at frequency #55,546 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for memento in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is memento, spelled M-E-M-E-N-T-O.
Definition
- 1ein zur Erinnerung an einen Ort oder ein Ereignis behaltenes Objekt
- 2zur Erinnerung an eine Reise behaltenes Objekt
Synonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "memento", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 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.