message

[mesɪdʒ]

/[mesɪdʒ]/ noun

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The verdict

“message” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,433. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,433
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachricht, Mitteilung, Botschaft

Corpus desk

Index DE-message · message · German

message · rank #15,433 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,433
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meisters

Nearest frequency peer: Meisters (-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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „message“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „message“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

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).

message vs Messe
57% similar
message vs messbare
75% similar
message vs Massage
71% similar

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

Key facts for message
PropertyValue
Headwordmessage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mesɪdʒ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#15,433
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „message“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.messageliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Meisters“ (#15,432), „Metapher“ (#15,434), „medizinischer“ (#15,431). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „message“ bei #15,433. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around message (IPA [mesɪdʒ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,433 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Nachricht, Mitteilung, Botschaft".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for message, with forms such as "emssage", "mesage", and "mesasge". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Messe", "messbare", "Massage", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is message, spelled M-E-S-S-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nachricht, Mitteilung, Botschaft

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how message appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The message was clear; nevertheless, he understood it wrongly.

Synonyms

communicationdispatchintimationlettermissivenoticetelegramwireword

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emssage
  • mesage
  • mesasge
  • messaeg
  • messagge
  • messgae
  • meßage
  • mmessage
  • msesage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of message - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

emssage2mesage1mesasge2messaeg2messagge1messgae2meßage2mmessage1
Edit distance from "message"

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 "message"?
"message" is spelled M-E-S-S-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [mesɪdʒ].
What does "message" mean?
As a noun, "message" means: Nachricht, Mitteilung, Botschaft
What words are commonly confused with "message"?
"message" is commonly confused with "Messe", "messbare", "Massage". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "message"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "message" is [mesɪdʒ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "message" come from?
"message" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mundart#15,438limited#15,422Lenkrad#15,421officer#15,445

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Lungen9 variantsLinsen9 variantsPassive9 variantsPolens9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list