mischten

[ˈmɪʃtn̩]

/[ˈmɪʃtn̩]/ verb

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The verdict

“mischten” is uncommon German (frequency #50,716 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,716
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs mischen

Corpus desk

Index DE-mischten · mischten · German

mischten · rank #50,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,716
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH miri

Nearest frequency peer: miri (-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 „mischten“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mischten
PropertyValue
Headwordmischten
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈmɪʃtn̩]
Letters8
Frequency rank#50,716
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mischten“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.mischtenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „miri“ (#50,715), „miserablen“ (#50,717), „minds“ (#50,714). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mischten“ bei #50,716. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mischten is uncommon German at frequency #50,716 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmɪʃtn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for mischten in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is mischten, spelled M-I-S-C-H-T-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs mischen
  2. 2
    1. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs mischen
  3. 3
    3. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs mischen
  4. 4
    3. Person Plural Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs mischen

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 "mischten"?
"mischten" is spelled M-I-S-C-H-T-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪʃtn̩].
What does "mischten" mean?
As a verb, "mischten" means: 1. Person Plural Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs mischen
How do you pronounce "mischten"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mischten" is [ˈmɪʃtn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mischten" come from?
"mischten" 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 "mischten", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

mitnehme#50,721mürrisch#50,741Nachtzug#50,745nordisch#50,753

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list