merkle
[ˈmɛʁklə]
The verdict
“merkle” is uncommon German (frequency #78,289 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #78,289
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs merkeln
Corpus desk
Index DE-merkle · merkle · German
merkle · rank #78,289 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #78,289
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Merl
Nearest frequency peer: Merl (+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 “merkle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- melancholis…
melancholischer
21,716 corpus weight
- membrane
membrane
21,715 corpus weight
- Menschengru…
Menschengruppen
21,714 corpus weight
- merkle
merkle
21,712 corpus weight
- Merl
Merl
21,711 corpus weight
- messenden
messenden
21,710 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “merkle” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | merkle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɛʁklə] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #78,289 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merkle” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
merkle is uncommon German at frequency #78,289 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɛʁklə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for merkle in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is merkle, spelled M-E-R-K-L-E.
Definition
- 12. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs merkeln
- 21. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs merkeln
- 31. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs merkeln
- 43. Person Singular Konjunktiv I Präsens Aktiv des Verbs merkeln
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 "merkle", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 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.