missionieren

[mɪsi̯oˈniːʁən]

/[mɪsi̯oˈniːʁən]/ verb

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The verdict

“missionieren” is uncommon German (frequency #66,494 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,494
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - andere Menschen zu dem eigenen Glauben bekehren

Corpus desk

Index DE-missionieren · missionieren · German

missionieren · rank #66,494 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,494
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH missbrauchten

Nearest frequency peer: missbrauchten (-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 „missionieren“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for missionieren
PropertyValue
Headwordmissionieren
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[mɪsi̯oˈniːʁən]
Letters12
Frequency rank#66,494
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „missionieren“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „missbrauchten“ (#66,493), „Misthaufen“ (#66,495), „minutiös“ (#66,492). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „missionieren“ bei #66,494. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

missionieren is uncommon German at frequency #66,494 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mɪsi̯oˈniːʁən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "andere Menschen zu dem eigenen Glauben bekehren".

missionieren has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is missionieren, spelled M-I-S-S-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    andere Menschen zu dem eigenen Glauben bekehren

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how missionieren appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Jahrelang hatte er unter den Stämmen am oberen Nil missioniert.“

Synonyms

bekehren

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 "missionieren"?
"missionieren" is spelled M-I-S-S-I-O-N-I-E-R-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mɪsi̯oˈniːʁən].
What does "missionieren" mean?
As a verb, "missionieren" means: andere Menschen zu dem eigenen Glauben bekehren
How do you pronounce "missionieren"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "missionieren" is [mɪsi̯oˈniːʁən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "missionieren" come from?
"missionieren" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mehrausgaben#66,480nachforschen#66,518Kundschafter#66,415Patriarchats#66,578

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list