Messmer

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The verdict

“Messmer” is uncommon German (frequency #67,508 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#67,508
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Corpus desk

Index DE-messmer · Messmer · German

Messmer · rank #67,508 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #67,508
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH metallenen

Nearest frequency peer: metallenen (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Messmer“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Messmer“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Messmer
PropertyValue
HeadwordMessmer
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#67,508
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Messmer“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Messmerfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „metallenen“ (#67,509), „Mensur“ (#67,506), „Menschenmengen“ (#67,505). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Messmer“ bei #67,508. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Messmer is uncommon German at frequency #67,508 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Messmer, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Messmer, spelled M-E-S-S-M-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Frau Messmer ist ein Genie im Verkauf.
  2. Herr Messmer wollte uns kein Interview geben.

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 "Messmer"?
"Messmer" is spelled M-E-S-S-M-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Messmer" mean?
As a proper noun, "Messmer" means: deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname
How do you pronounce "Messmer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Messmer" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Messmer" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Meinrad#67,499musstet#67,536Näherin#67,564Lagunen#67,433

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list