minutiös

[minuˈt͡si̯øːs]

/[minuˈt͡si̯øːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“minutiös” is uncommon German (frequency #66,492 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,492
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - sehr genau, peinlich genau

Corpus desk

Index DE-minutios · minutiös · German

minutiös · rank #66,492 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,492
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Militärakadem…

Nearest frequency peer: Militärakademie (-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 „minutiös“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for minutiös
PropertyValue
Headwordminutiös
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[minuˈt͡si̯øːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#66,492
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „minutiös“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).minutiösfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Militärakademie“ (#66,491), „missbrauchten“ (#66,493), „missionieren“ (#66,494). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „minutiös“ bei #66,492. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

minutiös is uncommon German at frequency #66,492 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [minuˈt͡si̯øːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "sehr genau, peinlich genau".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for minutiös, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is minutiös, spelled M-I-N-U-T-I-Ö-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    sehr genau, peinlich genau

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. „Tom hatte Peter den Tathergang minutiös dargestellt und dabei auch Fabian Z. schwer belastet.“

This word in other languages

minute(English)minucioso(Español)minutieux(Français)minucioso(Português)

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 "minutiös"?
"minutiös" is spelled M-I-N-U-T-I-Ö-S. The IPA pronunciation is [minuˈt͡si̯øːs].
What does "minutiös" mean?
As an adjective, "minutiös" means: sehr genau, peinlich genau
How do you pronounce "minutiös"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "minutiös" is [minuˈt͡si̯øːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "minutiös" come from?
"minutiös" 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 "minutiös", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Methadon#66,487Müllsack#66,514Litauens#66,452Liebchen#66,444

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list