Menthol

[mɛnˈtoːl]

/[mɛnˈtoːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Menthol” is uncommon German (frequency #70,566 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,566
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chemischer Stoff mit starkem Minzgeschmack

Corpus desk

Index DE-menthol · Menthol · German

Menthol · rank #70,566 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,566
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Menschenfeind…

Nearest frequency peer: Menschenfeindlichkeit (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Menthol“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Menthol“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Menthol
PropertyValue
HeadwordMenthol
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɛnˈtoːl]
Letters7
Frequency rank#70,566
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Menthol“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mentholfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Menschenfeindlichkeit“ (#70,565), „Messstellen“ (#70,567), „mela“ (#70,563). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Menthol“ bei #70,566. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Menthol is uncommon German at frequency #70,566 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛnˈtoːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "chemischer Stoff mit starkem Minzgeschmack".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Menthol, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. 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.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Menthol, spelled M-E-N-T-H-O-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    chemischer Stoff mit starkem Minzgeschmack

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Menthol appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Menthol bildet bei Raumtemperatur weiße Kristalle.
  2. Keiner riecht gern nach muffigem Tabakqualm und so greifen Jugendliche – oder auch ZEIT-Herausgeber – gerne zu Zigaretten mit künstlichen Geschmacksrichtungen wie Menthol oder anderen Aromastoffen, wie Schokolade.

Synonyms

Pfefferminzöl

This word in other languages

menthol(English)mentol(Español)menthol(Français)mentol(Português)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Menthol"?
"Menthol" is spelled M-E-N-T-H-O-L. The IPA pronunciation is [mɛnˈtoːl].
What does "Menthol" mean?
As a noun, "Menthol" means: chemischer Stoff mit starkem Minzgeschmack
How do you pronounce "Menthol"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Menthol" is [mɛnˈtoːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Menthol" come from?
"Menthol" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Menthol", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list