merkwürdiges
[ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡəs]
The verdict
“merkwürdiges” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #27,413. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #27,413
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig
Corpus desk
Index DE-merkwurdiges · merkwürdiges · German
merkwürdiges · rank #27,413 · 19 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #27,413
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH melken
Nearest frequency peer: melken (-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 “merkwürdiges”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Malerin
Malerin
72,593 corpus weight
- Managerin
Managerin
72,592 corpus weight
- maritime
maritime
72,591 corpus weight
- melken
melken
72,589 corpus weight
- merkwürdiges
merkwürdiges
72,588 corpus weight
- Methan
Methan
72,586 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “merkwürdiges” 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 | merkwürdiges |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡəs] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #27,413 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “merkwürdiges” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around merkwürdiges (IPA [ˈmɛʁkˌvʏʁdɪɡəs]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #27,413 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for merkwürdiges, with forms such as "emrkwürdiges", "mekrwürdiges", and "merkkwürdiges". 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, "merkwürdig", "merkwürdige", "merkwürdigen", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is merkwürdiges, spelled M-E-R-K-W-Ü-R-D-I-G-E-S.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig
- 2Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig
- 3Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig
- 4Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs merkwürdig
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emrkwürdiges
- mekrwürdiges
- merkkwürdiges
- merkwrüdiges
- merkwwürdiges
- merkwüdriges
- merkwürddiges
- merkwürdgies
- merkwürdiegs
- merkwürdigess
- merkwürdigges
- merkwürdigse
- merkwüridges
- merkwürrdiges
- merküwrdiges
- merrkwürdiges
- merwkürdiges
- mmerkwürdiges
- mrekwürdiges
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of merkwürdiges - 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.
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 "merkwürdiges", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
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.