miri

[ˈmiri]

/[ˈmiri]/ verb

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The verdict

“miri” is uncommon German (frequency #50,715 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,715
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 2. Person Singular Indikativ Imperfekt Aktiv des Verbs mirt

Corpus desk

Index DE-miri · miri · German

miri · rank #50,715 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,715
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH minds

Nearest frequency peer: minds (-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 „miri“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for miri
PropertyValue
Headwordmiri
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmiri]
Letters4
Frequency rank#50,715
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „miri“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.mirifällt 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: „minds“ (#50,714), „mischten“ (#50,716), „millers“ (#50,713). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „miri“ bei #50,715. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

miri is uncommon German at frequency #50,715 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmiri]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "2. Person Singular Indikativ Imperfekt Aktiv des Verbs mirt".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for miri, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is miri, spelled M-I-R-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    2. Person Singular Indikativ Imperfekt Aktiv des Verbs mirt

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 "miri"?
"miri" is spelled M-I-R-I. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmiri].
What does "miri" mean?
As a verb, "miri" means: 2. Person Singular Indikativ Imperfekt Aktiv des Verbs mirt
How do you pronounce "miri"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miri" is [ˈmiri]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "miri" come from?
"miri" 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 "miri", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

meis#50,705mock#50,726kulm#50,647kuli#50,646

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list