Miese

[ˈmiːzə]

/[ˈmiːzə]/ noun

The verdict

“Miese” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #13,202. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,202
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - negative Punkte innerhalb eines Systems, welches die Leistung einer Sache oder einer Person bewertet

Corpus desk

Index DE-miese · Miese · German

Miese · rank #13,202 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,202
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ministerin

Nearest frequency peer: Ministerin (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Miese“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Miese“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Miese vs mis
40% similar
Miese vs Mist
60% similar
Miese vs Mine
60% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Miese
PropertyValue
HeadwordMiese
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmiːzə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,202
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Miese“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Mieseliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ministerin“ (#13,203), „massiver“ (#13,200), „Mk“ (#13,204). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Miese“ bei #13,202. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around Miese (IPA [ˈmiːzə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,202 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Miese, with forms such as "imese", "meise", and "miees". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mis", "Mist", "Mine", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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 Miese, spelled M-I-E-S-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    negative Punkte innerhalb eines Systems, welches die Leistung einer Sache oder einer Person bewertet
  2. 2
    der Betrag, der bei der Abrechnung beziehungsweise Endabrechnung fehlt

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Der S & P 500 verliert vorbörslich sieben Punkte, der Nasdaq Future liegt mit zehn Zählern in den Miesen.“
  2. „Sicher aber ist: Ein Girokonto-Besitzer, der über das Dispolimit hinaus in die Miesen geraten ist, muss derzeit doppelt zahlen.“

Synonyms

MinuspunkteMinusbetragMinus

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imese
  • meise
  • miees
  • miesse
  • misee
  • mmiese

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Miese - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imese2meise2miees2miesse1misee2mmiese1
Edit distance from "Miese"

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 "Miese"?
"Miese" is spelled M-I-E-S-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiːzə].
What does "Miese" mean?
As a noun, "Miese" means: negative Punkte innerhalb eines Systems, welches die Leistung einer Sache oder einer Person bewertet
What words are commonly confused with "Miese"?
"Miese" is commonly confused with "mis", "Mist", "Mine". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Miese"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Miese" is [ˈmiːzə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Miese" come from?
"Miese" 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 "Miese", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list