miserables

[mizəˈʁaːbləs]

/[mizəˈʁaːbləs]/ adj

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The verdict

“miserables” is uncommon German (frequency #95,967 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#95,967
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs miserabel

Corpus desk

Index DE-miserables · miserables · German

miserables · rank #95,967 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #95,967
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH millionenschw…

Nearest frequency peer: millionenschwere (-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 „miserables“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for miserables
PropertyValue
Headwordmiserables
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[mizəˈʁaːbləs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#95,967
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „miserables“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „millionenschwere“ (#95,966), „mitgeführte“ (#95,968), „Militärpräsenz“ (#95,965). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „miserables“ bei #95,967. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

miserables is uncommon German at frequency #95,967 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mizəˈʁaːbləs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for miserables, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

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 miserables, spelled M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs miserabel
  2. 2
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs miserabel
  3. 3
    Nominativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs miserabel
  4. 4
    Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs miserabel

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 "miserables"?
"miserables" is spelled M-I-S-E-R-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is [mizəˈʁaːbləs].
What does "miserables" mean?
As an adjective, "miserables" means: Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs miserabel
How do you pronounce "miserables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "miserables" is [mizəˈʁaːbləs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "miserables", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Moralisten#95,983Motorsägen#95,987marinieren#95,939Nachtlicht#95,998

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list