Mesmerismus
[mɛsməˈʁɪsmʊs]
The verdict
“Mesmerismus” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „Lehre von der Heilkraft des Magnetismus“
Corpus desk
Index DE-mesmerismus · Mesmerismus · German
Mesmerismus · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Mesmerismus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛsməˈʁɪsmʊs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mesmerismus“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mesmerismus is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɛsməˈʁɪsmʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„Lehre von der Heilkraft des Magnetismus“".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mesmerismus, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mesmerismus, spelled M-E-S-M-E-R-I-S-M-U-S.
Definition
- 1„Lehre von der Heilkraft des Magnetismus“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mesmerismus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Da gab es eine Broschüre über Mesmerismus, die allem Anschein nach reichlich oft benutzt worden war.“
„Interessanterweise griffen viele Naturforscher und Ärzte unter dem Eindruck des Mesmerismus noch in der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts auf die Tradition der antiken Traumdeutung zurück.“
This word in other languages
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.