miscreant
[ˈmɪskriənt]
The verdict
“miscreant” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - der Bösewicht, der Schurke, der Übeltäter, der Verbrecher
Corpus desk
Index DE-miscreant · miscreant · German
miscreant · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | miscreant |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪskriənt] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „miscreant“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
miscreant is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪskriənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for miscreant in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 miscreant, spelled M-I-S-C-R-E-A-N-T.
Definition
- 1der Bösewicht, der Schurke, der Übeltäter, der Verbrecher
- 2Häretiker
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.