Meridian
[meʁiˈdi̯aːn]
The verdict
“Meridian” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #41,342. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,342
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft
Corpus desk
Index DE-meridian · Meridian · German
Meridian · rank #41,342 · 11 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #41,342
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Medienbericht
Nearest frequency peer: Medienbericht (-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 “Meridian”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mausoleum
mausoleum
58,662 corpus weight
- meaning
meaning
58,661 corpus weight
- Medienberic…
Medienbericht
58,660 corpus weight
- Meridian
Meridian
58,659 corpus weight
- metallischen
metallischen
58,658 corpus weight
- mindesten
mindesten
58,657 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Meridian” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Meridian |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [meʁiˈdi̯aːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,342 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Meridian” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around Meridian (IPA [meʁiˈdi̯aːn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #41,342 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for Meridian, with forms such as "emridian", "meirdian", and "merdiian". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "median", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
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 Meridian, spelled M-E-R-I-D-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Halbkreis auf der Erdoberfläche, der die beiden Pole verbindet und somit orthogonal zum Äquator verläuft
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Meridian appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als Westpunkt, oder auch Abendpunkt, wird der Punkt des Horizonts bezeichnet, der von beiden Schnittpunkten des Meridians mit dem Horizont um 90° entfernt ist und an dem die Sonne während der Tagundnachtgleiche untergeht.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emridian
- meirdian
- merdiian
- meridain
- meriddian
- meridiann
- meridina
- meriidan
- merridian
- mmeridian
- mreidian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Meridian - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 September 3, 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 "Meridian", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- This headword has one recorded confusable pair with "median". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #41,342 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.