Menschenkette
[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɛtə]
The verdict
“Menschenkette” is uncommon German (frequency #59,879 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,879
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Aufstellung vieler Personen in einer geschlossenen Linie zwecks Demonstration für oder gegen etwas
Corpus desk
Index DE-menschenkette · Menschenkette · German
Menschenkette · rank #59,879 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,879
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH mentaler
Nearest frequency peer: mentaler (+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 “Menschenkette”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mehrmaligen
mehrmaligen
40,126 corpus weight
- Meinerzhagen
Meinerzhagen
40,125 corpus weight
- Menschenket…
Menschenkette
40,122 corpus weight
- mentaler
mentaler
40,121 corpus weight
- Merlot
Merlot
40,120 corpus weight
- Metaller
Metaller
40,119 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Menschenkette” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menschenkette |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɛtə] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #59,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Menschenkette” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Menschenkette is uncommon German at frequency #59,879 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌkɛtə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Aufstellung vieler Personen in einer geschlossenen Linie zwecks Demonstration für oder gegen etwas".
Menschenkette has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Menschenkette, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-K-E-T-T-E.
Definition
- 1Aufstellung vieler Personen in einer geschlossenen Linie zwecks Demonstration für oder gegen etwas
This word in other languages
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 "Menschenkette", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 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.