Mikro

/[ˈmiːkʁo]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#11,931

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Mikro is aGermannoun. It means: technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen Pronounced [ˈmiːkʁo]. Often confused with mir and miro.

Key facts for Mikro
PropertyValue
HeadwordMikro
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmiːkʁo]
Letters5
Frequency rank#11,931
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mikro is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmiːkʁo]. Corpus data places it at rank #11,931 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mikro, with forms such as "imkro", "mikkro", and "mikor". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "mir", "miro", "mirror", 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 Mikro, spelled M-I-K-R-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imkro,mikkro,mikor,mikrro,mirko,mkiro,mmikro

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mikro

Misspelling Variants of "Mikro"

imkro5mikkro6mikor5mikrro6mirko5mkiro5mmikro6
Misspelling Variants of "Mikro"

Frequency rank: #11,931 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mikro"?
"Mikro" is spelled M-I-K-R-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiːkʁo].
What does "Mikro" mean?
As a noun, "Mikro" means: technisches Gerät zur Aufnahme von Tönen
What words are commonly confused with "Mikro"?
"Mikro" is commonly confused with "mir", "miro", "mirror". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mikro"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mikro" is [ˈmiːkʁo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mikro" come from?
"Mikro" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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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.