Missa
[ˈmɪsa]
The verdict
“Missa” is uncommon German (frequency #53,082 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,082
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die auf das Kirchenlatein zurückgehende Bezeichnung der römisch-katholischen Messe (sowie deren musikalische Ausgestaltung)
Corpus desk
Index DE-missa · Missa · German
Missa · rank #53,082 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,082
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH minimalistisch
Nearest frequency peer: minimalistisch (-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 “Missa”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mineralisch…
mineralischen
46,922 corpus weight
- Minimalismus
Minimalismus
46,921 corpus weight
- minimalisti…
minimalistisch
46,920 corpus weight
- Missa
Missa
46,919 corpus weight
- Miteigentüm…
Miteigentümer
46,918 corpus weight
- mitkriegen
mitkriegen
46,917 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Missa” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Missa |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪsa] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #53,082 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Missa” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Missa is uncommon German at frequency #53,082 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪsa]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die auf das Kirchenlatein zurückgehende Bezeichnung der römisch-katholischen Messe (sowie deren musikalische Ausgestaltung)".
No misspelling variants are generated for Missa in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Missa, spelled M-I-S-S-A.
Definition
- 1die auf das Kirchenlatein zurückgehende Bezeichnung der römisch-katholischen Messe (sowie deren musikalische Ausgestaltung)
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.
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