Menschenopfer
[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʔɔp͡fɐ]
The verdict
“Menschenopfer” is uncommon German (frequency #57,230 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,230
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tötung einer Person aus kultischen Gründen
Corpus desk
Index DE-menschenopfer · Menschenopfer · German
Menschenopfer · rank #57,230 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #57,230
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Menschenverac…
Nearest frequency peer: Menschenverachtung (+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 “Menschenopfer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Manövern
Manövern
42,775 corpus weight
- Marne
Marne
42,774 corpus weight
- Menschenopf…
Menschenopfer
42,771 corpus weight
- Menschenver…
Menschenverachtung
42,770 corpus weight
- Menschsein
Menschsein
42,769 corpus weight
- mention
mention
42,768 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Menschenopfer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Menschenopfer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʔɔp͡fɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #57,230 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Menschenopfer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Menschenopfer is uncommon German at frequency #57,230 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌʔɔp͡fɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Menschenopfer doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Menschenopfer, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-O-P-F-E-R.
Definition
- 1Tötung einer Person aus kultischen Gründen
- 2Verlust an Personen durch Gewalt-/Waffeneinwirkung oder andere Ursachen
Antonyms
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do you spell "Menschenopfer"?
What does "Menschenopfer" mean?
How do you pronounce "Menschenopfer"?
What language does "Menschenopfer" come from?
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Menschenopfer", 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.