Minima
[ˈmiːnima]
The verdict
“Minima” is uncommon German (frequency #79,501 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,501
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Minimum
Corpus desk
Index DE-minima · Minima · German
Minima · rank #79,501 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,501
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Milzbrand
Nearest frequency peer: Milzbrand (-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 “Minima”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- milliardens…
milliardenschwere
20,503 corpus weight
- Millionären
Millionären
20,502 corpus weight
- Milzbrand
Milzbrand
20,501 corpus weight
- Minima
Minima
20,500 corpus weight
- Mischformen
Mischformen
20,499 corpus weight
- missmutig
missmutig
20,497 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Minima” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Minima |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiːnima] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Minima” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Minima is uncommon German at frequency #79,501 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmiːnima]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Minima in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Minima, spelled M-I-N-I-M-A.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Minimum
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Minimum
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Minimum
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Minimum
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 "Minima", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 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.