Mettbrötchen

[ˈmɛtˌbʁøːtçən]

/[ˈmɛtˌbʁøːtçən]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mettbrötchen” is uncommon German (frequency #58,091 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,091
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mit Hackepeter belegtes Brötchen

Corpus desk

Index DE-mettbrotchen · Mettbrötchen · German

Mettbrötchen · rank #58,091 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,091
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH messages

Nearest frequency peer: messages (-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 „Mettbrötchen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mettbrötchen
PropertyValue
HeadwordMettbrötchen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛtˌbʁøːtçən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#58,091
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mettbrötchen“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „messages“ (#58,090), „Mercure“ (#58,089), „Mieterhöhung“ (#58,093). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mettbrötchen“ bei #58,091. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mettbrötchen is uncommon German at frequency #58,091 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛtˌbʁøːtçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mit Hackepeter belegtes Brötchen".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mettbrötchen, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mettbrötchen, spelled M-E-T-T-B-R-Ö-T-C-H-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit Hackepeter belegtes Brötchen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Gleich werden sie bei der Kellnerin eine Platte Mettbrötchen bestellen.“

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 "Mettbrötchen"?
"Mettbrötchen" is spelled M-E-T-T-B-R-Ö-T-C-H-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛtˌbʁøːtçən].
What does "Mettbrötchen" mean?
As a noun, "Mettbrötchen" means: mit Hackepeter belegtes Brötchen
How do you pronounce "Mettbrötchen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mettbrötchen" is [ˈmɛtˌbʁøːtçən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mettbrötchen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mieterhöhung#58,093mitgerechnet#58,099Machtwechsel#58,070Münstereifel#58,115

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list