Mikrometer
[ˈmiːkʁoˌmeːtɐ]
The verdict
“Mikrometer” is uncommon German (frequency #65,502 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,502
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ein Millionstel Meter
Corpus desk
Index DE-mikrometer · Mikrometer · German
Mikrometer · rank #65,502 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,502
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Mieterhöhungen
Nearest frequency peer: Mieterhöhungen (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mikrometer”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Menschenfre…
Menschenfreund
34,504 corpus weight
- Menschenrec…
Menschenrechts
34,503 corpus weight
- Mieterhöhun…
Mieterhöhungen
34,500 corpus weight
- Mikrometer
Mikrometer
34,499 corpus weight
- misstraut
misstraut
34,496 corpus weight
- mitkommt
mitkommt
34,495 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mikrometer” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mikrometer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiːkʁoˌmeːtɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,502 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mikrometer” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mikrometer is uncommon German at frequency #65,502 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmiːkʁoˌmeːtɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Mikrometer in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mikrometer, spelled M-I-K-R-O-M-E-T-E-R.
Definition
- 1ein Millionstel Meter
- 2kurz für Mikrometerschraube
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mikrometer appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Million Mikrometer sind 1 Meter.
Sehr kleine Materialstärken werden mit dem Mikrometer gemessen.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mikrometer", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency 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.