Messias
[mɛˈsiːas]
The verdict
“Messias” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #18,329. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #18,329
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der alttestamentlich den Juden von Gott verheißene Heilskönig, der im Christentum auf Jesus von Nazareth bezogen wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-messias · Messias · German
Messias · rank #18,329 · 9 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #18,329
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH McDonalds
Nearest frequency peer: McDonalds (-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 „Messias“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Markierung
Markierung
81,675 corpus weight
- McDonalds
McDonalds
81,673 corpus weight
- Messias
Messias
81,672 corpus weight
- mild
mild
81,671 corpus weight
- Miliz
Miliz
81,670 corpus weight
- missachtet
missachtet
81,669 corpus weight
What this shows „Messias“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Messias |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɛˈsiːas] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #18,329 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Messias“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Messias (IPA [mɛˈsiːas]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #18,329 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Messias, with forms such as "emssias", "mesias", and "mesisas". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Messing", "Messina", "Messi", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 Messias, spelled M-E-S-S-I-A-S.
Definition
- 1der alttestamentlich den Juden von Gott verheißene Heilskönig, der im Christentum auf Jesus von Nazareth bezogen wird
- 2Person, die andere Menschen aus religiöser, sozialer oder ähnlicher Unterdrückung befreit beziehungsweise diese davon erlöst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Messias appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Auch zur Zeit Jesu stellten sich viele den neuen Messias als politischen, militärischen und religiöse Führer vom selben Kaliber wie König David vor.“
„Wie David Landau in Ha'aretz meinte, wird das ideologische Projekt Großisrael fast nur noch von religiösen Fundamentalisten unter den Siedlern getragen. Von Menschen also, die an die göttliche Verheißung glauben, die Abraham in der Bronzezeit vernommen hat, oder an die Heilserwartung der Rückkehr des Messias, oder an beides.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emssias
- mesias
- mesisas
- messais
- messiass
- messisa
- meßias
- mmessias
- msesias
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Messias - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Messias", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).