mik

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The verdict

“mik” is uncommon German (frequency #88,025 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#88,025
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Freund

Key facts for mik
PropertyValue
Headwordmik
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#88,025
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mik” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mik lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mik is uncommon German at frequency #88,025 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "der Freund".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for mik, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 mik, spelled M-I-K.

Definition

  1. 1
    der Freund

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 "mik"?
"mik" is spelled M-I-K. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "mik" mean?
As a noun, "mik" means: der Freund
How do you pronounce "mik"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mik" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mik" come from?
"mik" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “mik”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-I-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list