Meteorit

[meteoˈʁiːt]

/[meteoˈʁiːt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Meteorit” is uncommon German (frequency #53,903 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#53,903
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - aus dem Weltall in die Erdatmosphäre mit Leuchterscheinung (Meteor) eingedrungener natürlicher kosmischer Körper, der die Erdoberfläche erreicht

Corpus desk

Index DE-meteorit · Meteorit · German

Meteorit · rank #53,903 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #53,903
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Messverfahren

Nearest frequency peer: Messverfahren (-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 „Meteorit“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Meteorit
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeteorit
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[meteoˈʁiːt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#53,903
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Meteorit“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Meteoritfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Messverfahren“ (#53,902), „Mietverträge“ (#53,904), „messaging“ (#53,901). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Meteorit“ bei #53,903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Meteorit is uncommon German at frequency #53,903 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [meteoˈʁiːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus dem Weltall in die Erdatmosphäre mit Leuchterscheinung (Meteor) eingedrungener natürlicher kosmischer Körper, der die Erdoberfläche erreicht".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Meteorit, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Meteorit, spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    aus dem Weltall in die Erdatmosphäre mit Leuchterscheinung (Meteor) eingedrungener natürlicher kosmischer Körper, der die Erdoberfläche erreicht

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Die Leuchterscheinung beim Eintritt eines Meteoriten in die Atmosphäre wird als Meteor bezeichnet.
  2. „Aufmerksam und hellwach verfolgte er die Meteoriten, die im Abstand weniger Minuten als Kometenschweif von Gas, Staub und Gesteinsstücken über den Himmel huschten.“

Synonyms

MeteorsteinAerolithUranolith

This word in other languages

meteorite(English)meteorito(Español)météorite(Français)meteorito(Português)

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 "Meteorit"?
"Meteorit" is spelled M-E-T-E-O-R-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is [meteoˈʁiːt].
What does "Meteorit" mean?
As a noun, "Meteorit" means: aus dem Weltall in die Erdatmosphäre mit Leuchterscheinung (Meteor) eingedrungener natürlicher kosmischer Körper, der die Erdoberfläche erreicht
How do you pronounce "Meteorit"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Meteorit" is [meteoˈʁiːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Meteorit" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

managing#53,890Muhammed#53,916Musculus#53,917mutieren#53,920

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list