Mississippi

[mɪsɪˈsɪpi]

/[mɪsɪˈsɪpi]/ name

The verdict

“Mississippi” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #20,671. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,671
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
12
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ein 3778 Kilometer langer Strom in den USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-mississippi · Mississippi · German

Mississippi · rank #20,671 · 12 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,671
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Molly

Nearest frequency peer: Molly (+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.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Mississippi“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Mississippi“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mississippi
PropertyValue
HeadwordMississippi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[mɪsɪˈsɪpi]
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,671
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mississippi“

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Mississippiliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Molly“ (#20,672), „Milizen“ (#20,669), „miesen“ (#20,668). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mississippi“ bei #20,671. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around Mississippi (IPA [mɪsɪˈsɪpi]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #20,671 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mississippi, with forms such as "imssissippi", "misissippi", and "misisssippi". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mississippi, spelled M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I.

Definition

  1. 1
    ein 3778 Kilometer langer Strom in den USA
  2. 2
    ein 169 Kilometer langer Strom in Kanada

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Von seinem Quellgebiet im Itascasee in Minnesota, bis zu seiner Mündung in den Golf von Mexiko, von der geologischen Entstehung des Mississippis bis zu den übervölkerten Millionenstädten der Gegenwart an seinen Ufern spannt sich der Bogen dieser Zeitreise, die die wahre Natur des berühmtesten Stroms Amerikas erzählen soll.
  2. Blizzard heißt der furchtbare Schneesturm im Westen des Mississippi, welcher stets aus Norden kommt, sich durch ein ganz plötzliches und tiefes Sinken der Temperatur anzeigt und zwar ziemlich schnell vorübergeht, aber in Beziehung auf seine Gefährlichkeit der entsetzlichen Wjuga Hochasiens nicht nachsteht.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • imssissippi
  • misissippi
  • misisssippi
  • missisippi
  • missisisppi
  • mississipi
  • mississipip
  • mississpipi
  • misssisippi
  • mißißippi
  • mmississippi
  • msisissippi

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mississippi - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

imssissippi2misissippi1misisssippi2missisippi1missisisppi2mississipi1mississipip2mississpipi2
Edit distance from "Mississippi"

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 "Mississippi"?
"Mississippi" is spelled M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I. The IPA pronunciation is [mɪsɪˈsɪpi].
What does "Mississippi" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mississippi" means: ein 3778 Kilometer langer Strom in den USA
What are common misspellings of "Mississippi"?
Common misspellings include "imssissippi", "misissippi", "misisssippi", "missisippi", "missisisppi". The correct spelling is "Mississippi".
How do you pronounce "Mississippi"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mississippi" is [mɪsɪˈsɪpi]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mississippi" come from?
"Mississippi" 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 "Mississippi", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list