Mensche
[ˈmɛnʃə]
The verdict
“Mensche” is uncommon German (frequency #71,618 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,618
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mensch
Corpus desk
Index DE-mensche · Mensche · German
Mensche · rank #71,618 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,618
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH mene
Nearest frequency peer: mene (-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 “Mensche”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mecker
mecker
28,387 corpus weight
- Meerrettich
Meerrettich
28,386 corpus weight
- Megafon
Megafon
28,385 corpus weight
- mene
mene
28,384 corpus weight
- Mensche
Mensche
28,383 corpus weight
- Mentalitäten
Mentalitäten
28,382 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mensche” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mensche |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #71,618 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mensche” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mensche is uncommon German at frequency #71,618 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mensch".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mensche in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mensche, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mensch
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 "Mensche", 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.