mindern
[ˈmɪndɐn]
The verdict
“mindern” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,829. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,829
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 16
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas kleiner, weniger machen; bewirken, dass etwas geringer wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-mindern · mindern · German
mindern · rank #22,829 · 11 variants · 16 confusables
- FREQ-MID #22,829
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mieser
Nearest frequency peer: mieser (-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 “mindern”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Messing
Messing
77,175 corpus weight
- Metalle
Metalle
77,174 corpus weight
- mieser
mieser
77,173 corpus weight
- mindern
mindern
77,172 corpus weight
- monument
monument
77,171 corpus weight
- nachzulesen
nachzulesen
77,170 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mindern” 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 | mindern |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmɪndɐn] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #22,829 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 16 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mindern” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around mindern (IPA [ˈmɪndɐn]), averb. Corpus frequency is #22,829 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for mindern, with forms such as "imndern", "midnern", and "minddern". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "Minen", "modern", "münden", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is mindern, spelled M-I-N-D-E-R-N.
Definition
- 1etwas kleiner, weniger machen; bewirken, dass etwas geringer wird
- 2eine Zahlung kürzen (oft wegen Mängeln der Leistung)
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mindern appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Fakt ist: Ein türkischer Name mindert Deine Chancen, zu einem Vorstellungsgespräch eingeladen zu werden!“
Eine Schmerztablette kann Zahnschmerzen mindern.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imndern
- midnern
- minddern
- mindenr
- mindernn
- minderrn
- mindren
- minedrn
- minndern
- mmindern
- mnidern
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mindern - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 September 3, 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 "mindern", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "mindern". Here's where to go from here.
- "mindern" maps to 16 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Minen". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #22,829 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.