mezzo

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The verdict

“mezzo” is uncommon German (frequency #80,678 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#80,678
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - halb

Corpus desk

Index DE-mezzo · mezzo · German

mezzo · rank #80,678 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #80,678
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH metallene

Nearest frequency peer: metallene (-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 „mezzo“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mezzo
PropertyValue
Headwordmezzo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#80,678
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mezzo“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „metallene“ (#80,677), „Messerstiche“ (#80,676), „Mikrofilm“ (#80,680). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mezzo“ bei #80,678. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mezzo is uncommon German at frequency #80,678 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "halb".

No misspelling variants are generated for mezzo in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is mezzo, spelled M-E-Z-Z-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    halb

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 "mezzo"?
"mezzo" is spelled M-E-Z-Z-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "mezzo" mean?
As an adjective, "mezzo" means: halb
How do you pronounce "mezzo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mezzo" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mezzo" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Memme#80,670Nafri#80,717niese#80,739notte#80,750

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list