Messstelle
[ˈmɛsˌʃtɛlə]
The verdict
“Messstelle” is uncommon German (frequency #90,625 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #90,625
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Stelle, an der eine Messung vorgenommen wird; an der ein Messwert erhoben wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-messstelle · Messstelle · German
Messstelle · rank #90,625 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #90,625
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Messerstichen
Nearest frequency peer: Messerstichen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Messstelle”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- melt
melt
9,380 corpus weight
- Menschenwelt
Menschenwelt
9,379 corpus weight
- Messerstich…
Messerstichen
9,377 corpus weight
- Messstelle
Messstelle
9,376 corpus weight
- Metallarbei…
Metallarbeiter
9,375 corpus weight
- methodischer
methodischer
9,374 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Messstelle” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Messstelle |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛsˌʃtɛlə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #90,625 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Messstelle” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Messstelle is uncommon German at frequency #90,625 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛsˌʃtɛlə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Stelle, an der eine Messung vorgenommen wird; an der ein Messwert erhoben wird".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Messstelle in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Messstelle, spelled M-E-S-S-S-T-E-L-L-E.
Definition
- 1Stelle, an der eine Messung vorgenommen wird; an der ein Messwert erhoben wird
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
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.