missdeuten
[mɪsˈdɔɪ̯tn̩]
The verdict
“missdeuten” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas verkehrt auslegen, verstehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-missdeuten · missdeuten · German
missdeuten · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | missdeuten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [mɪsˈdɔɪ̯tn̩] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „missdeuten“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
missdeuten is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [mɪsˈdɔɪ̯tn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas verkehrt auslegen, verstehen".
Zero misspellings are on record for missdeuten in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is missdeuten, spelled M-I-S-S-D-E-U-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1etwas verkehrt auslegen, verstehen
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.