Messtechnik
[ˈmɛsˌtɛçnɪk]
The verdict
“Messtechnik” has 17 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #35,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,914
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Ingenieurwissenschaft, die sich mit Geräten und Methoden beschäftigt, um physikalische Größen zu bestimmen
Corpus desk
Index DE-messtechnik · Messtechnik · German
Messtechnik · rank #35,914 · 17 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,914
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Messlatte
Nearest frequency peer: Messlatte (-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 “Messtechnik”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Menschheits…
Menschheitsgeschichte
64,091 corpus weight
- Messegelände
Messegelände
64,089 corpus weight
- Messlatte
Messlatte
64,088 corpus weight
- Messtechnik
Messtechnik
64,087 corpus weight
- militante
militante
64,085 corpus weight
- Milwaukee
Milwaukee
64,084 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Messtechnik” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Messtechnik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɛsˌtɛçnɪk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Messtechnik” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around Messtechnik (IPA [ˈmɛsˌtɛçnɪk]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #35,914 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Messtechnik, with forms such as "emsstechnik", "messetchnik", and "messtcehnik". 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. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Messtechnik, spelled M-E-S-S-T-E-C-H-N-I-K.
Definition
- 1Ingenieurwissenschaft, die sich mit Geräten und Methoden beschäftigt, um physikalische Größen zu bestimmen
- 2ein oder mehrere Messgeräte
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- emsstechnik
- messetchnik
- messtcehnik
- messtecchnik
- messtechhnik
- messtechink
- messtechnikk
- messtechnki
- messtechnnik
- messtecnhik
- messtehcnik
- messttechnik
- mestechnik
- mestsechnik
- meßtechnik
- mmesstechnik
- msestechnik
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Messtechnik - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Messtechnik", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).
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.