merkwürdige

[ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə]

/[ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə]/ adj

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The verdict

“merkwürdige” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #12,538. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,538
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig

Corpus desk

Index DE-merkwurdige · merkwürdige · German

merkwürdige · rank #12,538 · 17 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,538
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH merk

Nearest frequency peer: merk (-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 “merkwürdige”

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

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “merkwürdige” 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 September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

merkwürdige vs merkwürdigen
92% similar
merkwürdige vs merkwürdiges
92% similar
merkwürdige vs merkwürdiger
92% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for merkwürdige
PropertyValue
Headwordmerkwürdige
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə]
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,538
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Wo “merkwürdige” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).merkwürdigeliegt hier:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. In derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite liegen „merk“ (#12,537), „Miles“ (#12,539), „Mechanismus“ (#12,536). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around merkwürdige (IPA [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #12,538 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for merkwürdige, with forms such as "emrkwürdige", "mekrwürdige", and "merkkwürdige". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "merkwürdigen", "merkwürdiges", "merkwürdiger", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is merkwürdige, spelled M-E-R-K-W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E.

Definition

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

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emrkwürdige
  • mekrwürdige
  • merkkwürdige
  • merkwrüdige
  • merkwwürdige
  • merkwüdrige
  • merkwürddige
  • merkwürdgie
  • merkwürdieg
  • merkwürdigge
  • merkwüridge
  • merkwürrdige
  • merküwrdige
  • merrkwürdige
  • merwkürdige
  • mmerkwürdige
  • mrekwürdige

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of merkwürdige - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

emrkwürdige2mekrwürdige2merkkwürdige1merkwrüdige2merkwwürdige1merkwüdrige2merkwürddige1merkwürdgie2
Edit distance from "merkwürdige"

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 "merkwürdige"?
"merkwürdige" is spelled M-E-R-K-W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə].
What does "merkwürdige" mean?
As an adjective, "merkwürdige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig
What words are commonly confused with "merkwürdige"?
"merkwürdige" is commonly confused with "merkwürdigen", "merkwürdiges", "merkwürdiger". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "merkwürdige"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "merkwürdige" is [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "merkwürdige" come from?
"merkwürdige" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mechanismus#12,536Linkspartei#12,529niedrigeren#12,550kostenloses#12,524

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

Nationalität17 variantskonservativ17 variantsKleinigkeit17 variantsgemeinnützige17 variants

What to do next

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  • "merkwürdige" maps to 4 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "merkwürdigen". View pair
  • 17 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #12,538 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
  • Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse

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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