Metzingen

[ˈmɛt͡sɪŋən]

/[ˈmɛt͡sɪŋən]/ name

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The verdict

“Metzingen” is uncommon German (frequency #52,274 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,274
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-metzingen · Metzingen · German

Metzingen · rank #52,274 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,274
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Menschenkennt…

Nearest frequency peer: Menschenkenntnis (-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 „Metzingen“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Metzingen
PropertyValue
HeadwordMetzingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈmɛt͡sɪŋən]
Letters9
Frequency rank#52,274
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Metzingen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Metzingenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Menschenkenntnis“ (#52,273), „Melitta“ (#52,272), „Medizinprodukte“ (#52,271). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Metzingen“ bei #52,274. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Metzingen is uncommon German at frequency #52,274 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmɛt͡sɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Metzingen, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Metzingen, spelled M-E-T-Z-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Metzingen liegt in Deutschlands Südwesten.

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 "Metzingen"?
"Metzingen" is spelled M-E-T-Z-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛt͡sɪŋən].
What does "Metzingen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Metzingen" means: eine Stadt in Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Metzingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Metzingen" is [ˈmɛt͡sɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Metzingen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

multiplen#52,288luftdicht#52,257naturnahe#52,295Ligaspiel#52,247

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list