mesial
[meˈzi̯aːl]
The verdict
“mesial” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zur Mitte (Mittellinie) des Zahnbogens hin
Corpus desk
Index DE-mesial · mesial · German
mesial · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mesial |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [meˈzi̯aːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mesial“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mesial is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [meˈzi̯aːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mesial, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mesial, spelled M-E-S-I-A-L.
Definition
- 1zur Mitte (Mittellinie) des Zahnbogens hin
- 2an der Seite eines Zahnes, die sich Richtung des benachbarten Zahnes, der zur Mitte des Zahnbogens hin gelegen ist, befindet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mesial appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In jedem Quadranten (Kieferhälfte) liegen die Prämolaren mesial von den Molaren.
Die nierenförmige Kaufläche des ersten oberen Prämolars ist dadurch bedingt, dass der palatinale Höcker des Zahnes im Vergleich zum bukkalen Höcker etwas nach mesial versetzt ist.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.