mentales
[mɛnˈtaːləs]
The verdict
“mentales” is uncommon German (frequency #86,797 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,797
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mental
Corpus desk
Index DE-mentales · mentales · German
mentales · rank #86,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,797
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Menschenkind
Nearest frequency peer: Menschenkind (-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 “mentales”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Meisterbrief
Meisterbrief
13,209 corpus weight
- Melanom
Melanom
13,208 corpus weight
- Menschenkind
Menschenkind
13,205 corpus weight
- mentales
mentales
13,204 corpus weight
- mente
mente
13,203 corpus weight
- messerscharf
messerscharf
13,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mentales” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mentales |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [mɛnˈtaːləs] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #86,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mentales” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mentales is uncommon German at frequency #86,797 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mɛnˈtaːləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mentales, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is mentales, spelled M-E-N-T-A-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mental
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mental
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mental
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mental
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.