Minarett

[minaˈʁɛt]

/[minaˈʁɛt]/ noun

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The verdict

“Minarett” is uncommon German (frequency #70,574 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,574
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Turm an oder bei einer Moschee, von dem aus (früher) der Muezzin fünfmal täglich zum Gebet ruft (und der in modernen Moscheen heutzutage nur noch der traditionellen Zierde dient)

Corpus desk

Index DE-minarett · Minarett · German

Minarett · rank #70,574 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #70,574
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mindesthaltba…

Nearest frequency peer: Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum (+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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Minarett“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Minarett“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Minarett
PropertyValue
HeadwordMinarett
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[minaˈʁɛt]
Letters8
Frequency rank#70,574
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Minarett“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Minarettfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mindesthaltbarkeitsdatum“ (#70,575), „Milchpulver“ (#70,572), „Ministerrates“ (#70,576). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Minarett“ bei #70,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Minarett is uncommon German at frequency #70,574 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [minaˈʁɛt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Turm an oder bei einer Moschee, von dem aus (früher) der Muezzin fünfmal täglich zum Gebet ruft (und der in modernen Moscheen heutzutage nur noch der traditionellen Zierde dient)".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Minarett in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Minarett, spelled M-I-N-A-R-E-T-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Turm an oder bei einer Moschee, von dem aus (früher) der Muezzin fünfmal täglich zum Gebet ruft (und der in modernen Moscheen heutzutage nur noch der traditionellen Zierde dient)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Minarett appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Vom Minarett erklang der Ruf des Muezzins.
  2. „Wir stiegen uns aufs Dach und sahen hinunter auf Damaskus mit seinen Minaretts und seinem Moscheegekuppel, und dies war es, was wir sahen:[…]“

Synonyms

MoscheeturmMinarManara

This word in other languages

minaret(English)alminar(Español)minaret(Français)

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 "Minarett"?
"Minarett" is spelled M-I-N-A-R-E-T-T. The IPA pronunciation is [minaˈʁɛt].
What does "Minarett" mean?
As a noun, "Minarett" means: Turm an oder bei einer Moschee, von dem aus (früher) der Muezzin fünfmal täglich zum Gebet ruft (und der in modernen Moscheen heutzutage nur noch der traditionellen Zierde dient)
How do you pronounce "Minarett"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Minarett" is [minaˈʁɛt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Minarett" come from?
"Minarett" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Minarett", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list