Mikroplastik
[ˈmiːkʁoˌplastɪk]
The verdict
“Mikroplastik” is uncommon German (frequency #50,711 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,711
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plastikteilchen in einer Größe kleiner oder gleich fünf Millimeter Durchmesser
Corpus desk
Index DE-mikroplastik · Mikroplastik · German
Mikroplastik · rank #50,711 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,711
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Mietshaus
Nearest frequency peer: Mietshaus (-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 “Mikroplastik”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- miele
miele
49,292 corpus weight
- Mietshaus
Mietshaus
49,291 corpus weight
- Mikroplastik
Mikroplastik
49,290 corpus weight
- Militarisie…
Militarisierung
49,289 corpus weight
- millers
millers
49,288 corpus weight
- minds
minds
49,287 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mikroplastik” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mikroplastik |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiːkʁoˌplastɪk] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #50,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mikroplastik” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mikroplastik is uncommon German at frequency #50,711 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmiːkʁoˌplastɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plastikteilchen in einer Größe kleiner oder gleich fünf Millimeter Durchmesser".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mikroplastik, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Mikroplastik, spelled M-I-K-R-O-P-L-A-S-T-I-K.
Definition
- 1Plastikteilchen in einer Größe kleiner oder gleich fünf Millimeter Durchmesser
Synonyms
Antonyms
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mikroplastik", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 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.