Messgerät

[ˈmɛsɡəˌʁɛːt]

/[ˈmɛsɡəˌʁɛːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Messgerät” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #37,670. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,670
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein Gerät zum Messen physikalischer Größen

Corpus desk

Index DE-messgerat · Messgerät · German

Messgerät · rank #37,670 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #37,670
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mig

Nearest frequency peer: mig (+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 „Messgerät“

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

corpus weight

What this shows „Messgerät“ 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).

Messgerät vs Messgeräte
90% similar

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

Key facts for Messgerät
PropertyValue
HeadwordMessgerät
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛsɡəˌʁɛːt]
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,670
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Messgerät“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Messgerätliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „mig“ (#37,671), „menschlichem“ (#37,668), „Migrationspolitik“ (#37,672). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Messgerät“ bei #37,670. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Messgerät (IPA [ˈmɛsɡəˌʁɛːt]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #37,670 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ein Gerät zum Messen physikalischer Größen".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Messgerät, with forms such as "emssgerät", "mesgerät", and "mesgserät". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Messgeräte", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 Messgerät, spelled M-E-S-S-G-E-R-Ä-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein Gerät zum Messen physikalischer Größen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Das Messgerät ist defekt.
  2. „Die mehrjährige Analyse von Schnarchgeräuschen brachte die Forscher nun zur Entwicklung eines Konzepts für ein mobiles Messgerät, das für den Einsatz zu Hause geeignet ist.“

Synonyms

Messinstrument

This word in other languages

medidor(Español)instrument de mesure(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • emssgerät
  • mesgerät
  • mesgserät
  • messegrät
  • messgerrät
  • messgertä
  • messgerätt
  • messgeärt
  • messggerät
  • messgreät
  • meßgerät
  • mmessgerät
  • msesgerät

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

emssgerät2mesgerät1mesgserät2messegrät2messgerrät1messgertä2messgerätt1messgeärt2
Edit distance from "Messgerät"

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 "Messgerät"?
"Messgerät" is spelled M-E-S-S-G-E-R-Ä-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛsɡəˌʁɛːt].
What does "Messgerät" mean?
As a noun, "Messgerät" means: ein Gerät zum Messen physikalischer Größen
What words are commonly confused with "Messgerät"?
"Messgerät" is commonly confused with "Messgeräte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Messgerät"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Messgerät" is [ˈmɛsɡəˌʁɛːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Messgerät" come from?
"Messgerät" 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 "Messgerät", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list