ministry

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The verdict

“ministry” is uncommon German (frequency #75,970 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,970
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ministerium

Corpus desk

Index DE-ministry · ministry · German

ministry · rank #75,970 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #75,970
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mindestpreis

Nearest frequency peer: Mindestpreis (-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 „ministry“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for ministry
PropertyValue
Headwordministry
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#75,970
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „ministry“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.ministryfällt 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: „Mindestpreis“ (#75,969), „Missionierung“ (#75,971), „misslungene“ (#75,972). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „ministry“ bei #75,970. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

ministry is uncommon German at frequency #75,970 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ministerium".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for ministry, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is ministry, spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-Y.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ministerium

This word in other languages

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 "ministry"?
"ministry" is spelled M-I-N-I-S-T-R-Y. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "ministry" mean?
As a noun, "ministry" means: Ministerium
How do you pronounce "ministry"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ministry" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ministry" come from?
"ministry" 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 "ministry", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list