merkliche

[ˈmɛʁklɪçə]

/[ˈmɛʁklɪçə]/ adj

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The verdict

“merkliche” is uncommon German (frequency #84,298 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,298
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich

Corpus desk

Index DE-merkliche · merkliche · German

merkliche · rank #84,298 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,298
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 44,424
  • PHOTO-FINISH menges

Nearest frequency peer: menges (-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 “merkliche”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “merkliche” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for merkliche
PropertyValue
Headwordmerkliche
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmɛʁklɪçə]
Letters9
Frequency rank#84,298
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “merkliche” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). merkliche lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

merkliche is uncommon German at frequency #84,298 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɛʁklɪçə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

merkliche has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented 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 merkliche, spelled M-E-R-K-L-I-C-H-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  3. 3
    Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  5. 5
    Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  6. 6
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  7. 7
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  8. 8
    Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
  9. 9
    Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "merkliche"?
"merkliche" is spelled M-E-R-K-L-I-C-H-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛʁklɪçə].
What does "merkliche" mean?
As an adjective, "merkliche" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merklich
How do you pronounce "merkliche"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merkliche" is [ˈmɛʁklɪçə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merkliche" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list