Michał
[ˈmʲixaw]
The verdict
“Michał” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - männlicher Vorname; Michael
Corpus desk
Index DE-micha · Michał · German
Michał · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Michał |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʲixaw] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Michał“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Michał is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈmʲixaw]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "männlicher Vorname; Michael".
No misspelling variants are generated for Michał in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Michał, spelled M-I-C-H-A-Ł.
Definition
- 1männlicher Vorname; Michael
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.