Mikrokosmos
[ˈmiːkʁoˌkɔsmɔs]
The verdict
“Mikrokosmos” is an uncommon German word, ranked #51,536 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #51,536
- frequency rank, German
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - der Bereich der kleinen und kleinsten Dimensionen des Kosmos, den der Mensch sich nur mit Hilfsmitteln indirekt erschließen kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mikrokosmos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiːkʁoˌkɔsmɔs] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #51,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mikrokosmos” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mikrokosmos is 11 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmiːkʁoˌkɔsmɔs]. Corpus data places it at rank #51,536 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mikrokosmos, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Mikrokosmos, spelled M-I-K-R-O-K-O-S-M-O-S.
Definition
- 1der Bereich der kleinen und kleinsten Dimensionen des Kosmos, den der Mensch sich nur mit Hilfsmitteln indirekt erschließen kann
- 2die Gesamtheit aller Kleinlebewesen
- 3kleine Teilwelt der menschlichen Kultur, die ein verkleinertes Abbild des Universums darstellt
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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.
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Using “Mikrokosmos”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-K-R-O-K-O-S-M-O-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmiːkʁoˌkɔsmɔs] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.