mieten

/[ˈmiːtn̩]/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,374

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

mieten is aGermanverb. It means: gegen Bezahlung für eine bestimmte Zeit zur Benutzung überlassen bekommen Pronounced [ˈmiːtn̩]. It ranks #4,374 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mitte and Minen.

Key facts for mieten
PropertyValue
Headwordmieten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmiːtn̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,374
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of mieten in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for mieten is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmiːtn̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,374 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "gegen Bezahlung für eine bestimmte Zeit zur Benutzung überlassen bekommen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for mieten, with forms such as "imeten", "meiten", and "mieetn". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mitte", "Minen", "mixen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is mieten, spelled M-I-E-T-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    gegen Bezahlung für eine bestimmte Zeit zur Benutzung überlassen bekommen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imeten,meiten,mieetn,mietenn,mietne,mietten,miteen,mmieten

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mieten

Misspelling Variants of "mieten"

imeten6meiten6mieetn6mietenn7mietne6mietten7miteen6mmieten7
Misspelling Variants of "mieten"

Frequency rank: #4,374 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mieten"?
"mieten" is spelled M-I-E-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiːtn̩].
What does "mieten" mean?
As a verb, "mieten" means: gegen Bezahlung für eine bestimmte Zeit zur Benutzung überlassen bekommen
What words are commonly confused with "mieten"?
"mieten" is commonly confused with "Mitte", "Minen", "mixen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mieten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mieten" is [ˈmiːtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mieten" come from?
"mieten" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.