Miso
[ˈmiːzo]
The verdict
“Miso” is uncommon German (frequency #73,798 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #73,798
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - aus Japan stammende Paste, die aus fermentierten Sojabohnen und Mehl aus Gerste oder Reis hergestellt wird
Corpus desk
Index DE-miso · Miso · German
Miso · rank #73,798 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #73,798
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Minijobber
Nearest frequency peer: Minijobber (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Miso”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Militärverw…
Militärverwaltung
26,207 corpus weight
- minderwerti…
minderwertiger
26,205 corpus weight
- Minijobber
Minijobber
26,204 corpus weight
- Miso
Miso
26,203 corpus weight
- missliche
missliche
26,202 corpus weight
- mitbekam
mitbekam
26,201 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Miso” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Miso |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmiːzo] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #73,798 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Miso” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Miso is uncommon German at frequency #73,798 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmiːzo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "aus Japan stammende Paste, die aus fermentierten Sojabohnen und Mehl aus Gerste oder Reis hergestellt wird".
Zero misspellings are on record for Miso in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Miso, spelled M-I-S-O.
Definition
- 1aus Japan stammende Paste, die aus fermentierten Sojabohnen und Mehl aus Gerste oder Reis hergestellt wird
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Miso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In vielen japanischen Gerichten ist Miso eine wichtige Zutat.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.