minderjährig
[ˈmɪndɐˌjɛːʁɪç]
The verdict
“minderjährig” has 19 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #33,188. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,188
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nicht erwachsen im rechtlichen Sinne
Corpus desk
Index DE-minderjahrig · minderjährig · German
minderjährig · rank #33,188 · 19 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,188
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Minze
Nearest frequency peer: Minze (+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 “minderjährig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mediation
Mediation
66,817 corpus weight
- Michi
Michi
66,815 corpus weight
- minderjährig
minderjährig
66,813 corpus weight
- Minze
Minze
66,812 corpus weight
- mische
mische
66,811 corpus weight
- Mischungen
Mischungen
66,810 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “minderjährig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minderjährig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɪndɐˌjɛːʁɪç] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #33,188 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “minderjährig” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around minderjährig (IPA [ˈmɪndɐˌjɛːʁɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #33,188 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "nicht erwachsen im rechtlichen Sinne".
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for minderjährig, with forms such as "imnderjährig", "midnerjährig", and "mindderjährig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "minderjährige", "minderjährigen", "Minderjähriger", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is minderjährig, spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-J-Ä-H-R-I-G.
Definition
- 1nicht erwachsen im rechtlichen Sinne
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imnderjährig
- midnerjährig
- mindderjährig
- mindejrährig
- minderjhärig
- minderjjährig
- minderjähhrig
- minderjähirg
- minderjährgi
- minderjährigg
- minderjährrig
- minderjärhig
- minderrjährig
- minderäjhrig
- mindrejährig
- minedrjährig
- minnderjährig
- mminderjährig
- mniderjährig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of minderjährig - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "minderjährig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).
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.