minority
[maɪnɒrətɪ]
The verdict
“minority” is uncommon German (frequency #74,880 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,880
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Minderheit
Corpus desk
Index DE-minority · minority · German
minority · rank #74,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,880
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH mink
Nearest frequency peer: mink (-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 “minority”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Merkwürdigk…
Merkwürdigkeiten
25,125 corpus weight
- mink
mink
25,122 corpus weight
- minority
minority
25,121 corpus weight
- missbräuchl…
missbräuchliche
25,119 corpus weight
- Misserfolgen
Misserfolgen
25,118 corpus weight
- Misstrauens
Misstrauens
25,117 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “minority” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | minority |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maɪnɒrətɪ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #74,880 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “minority” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
minority is uncommon German at frequency #74,880 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [maɪnɒrətɪ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Minderheit".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for minority, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is minority, spelled M-I-N-O-R-I-T-Y.
Definition
- 1Minderheit
Antonyms
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 "minority", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 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.