MeV

abbrev

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The verdict

“MeV” is uncommon German (frequency #89,294 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,294
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Megaelektronenvolt = 10⁶ Elektronenvolt

Corpus desk

Index DE-mev · MeV · German

MeV · rank #89,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,294
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Meuselwitz

Nearest frequency peer: Meuselwitz (-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 „MeV“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for MeV
PropertyValue
HeadwordMeV
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters3
Frequency rank#89,294
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „MeV“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Meuselwitz“ (#89,293), „mildem“ (#89,296), „Metten“ (#89,291). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „MeV“ bei #89,294. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

MeV is uncommon German at frequency #89,294 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Megaelektronenvolt = 10⁶ Elektronenvolt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for MeV, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with 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 MeV, spelled M-E-V.

Definition

  1. 1
    Megaelektronenvolt = 10⁶ Elektronenvolt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 1 MeV entspricht in etwa 1,6 10⁻¹³ Joule.
  2. Die Ruhemasse eines Elektrons beträgt 0,51 MeV (mit der Einheit eV, Elektronenvolt, messen Teilchenphysiker die Energie oder auch die Masse von Teilchen).

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 "MeV"?
"MeV" is spelled M-E-V.
What does "MeV" mean?
As an abbreviation, "MeV" means: Megaelektronenvolt = 10⁶ Elektronenvolt
What language does "MeV" come from?
"MeV" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

lor#89,242nez#89,353krk#89,175poo#89,421

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list