Minimum

Name: Minimum, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ˈmiːnimʊm]

/[ˈmiːnimʊm]/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“Minimum” has 10 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #9,594. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,594
frequency rank, German: 3,571
“M” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der kleinste Anteil, das kleinste Maß

Corpus desk

Index DE-minimum · Minimum · German

Minimum · rank #9,594 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,594
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,571
PHOTO-FINISH Mc

Nearest frequency peer: Mc (-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.

maps

90,410
Maschinenbau

90,409
Mc

90,408
Minimum

90,407
mobilen

90,406
Mädel

90,405

What this shows „Minimum“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Minimum vs minimal

57% similar

Minimum vs maximum

57% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Minimum
Property	Value
Headword	Minimum
Language	German
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	[ˈmiːnimʊm]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#9,594
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Minimum“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Minimumliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#9,594

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Mc“ (#9,593), „mobilen“ (#9,595), „Maschinenbau“ (#9,592). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Minimum“ bei #9,594. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around Minimum (IPA [ˈmiːnimʊm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,594 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "der kleinste Anteil, das kleinste Maß".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for Minimum, with forms such as "imnimum", "miinmum", and "minimmu". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "minimal", "maximum", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Minimum, spelled M-I-N-I-M-U-M.

Definition

1
der kleinste Anteil, das kleinste Maß

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

Der Umsatz sank auf ein Minimum.
Du könntest mal ein Minimum an Rücksicht an den Tag legen.

Synonyms

MindestmaßMindestwertMinimalwert

Antonyms

Maximum

This word in other languages

minimum(English)mínimo(Español)minimum(Français)mínimo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

imnimum
miinmum
minimmu
minimmum
minimumm
miniumm
minmium
minnimum
mminimum
mniimum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Minimum - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Minimum"?

"Minimum" is spelled M-I-N-I-M-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiːnimʊm].

What does "Minimum" mean?

As a noun, "Minimum" means: der kleinste Anteil, das kleinste Maß

What words are commonly confused with "Minimum"?

"Minimum" is commonly confused with "minimal", "maximum". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "Minimum"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Minimum" is [ˈmiːnimʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "Minimum" come from?

"Minimum" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.

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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mobilen#9,595 leugnen#9,586 neueren#9,602 Leopold#9,585

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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