Mississippi

/[mɪsɪˈsɪpi]/ name

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#20,671

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

Mississippi is aGermanname. It means: ein 3778 Kilometer langer Strom in den USA Pronounced [mɪsɪˈsɪpi].

Key facts for Mississippi
PropertyValue
HeadwordMississippi
LanguageGerman
Part of speechName
IPA[mɪsɪˈsɪpi]
Letters11
Frequency rank#20,671
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mississippi in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mississippi is 11 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [mɪsɪˈsɪpi]. Corpus data places it at rank #20,671 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mississippi, with forms such as "imssissippi", "misissippi", and "misisssippi". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mississippi, spelled M-I-S-S-I-S-S-I-P-P-I, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

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

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

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mississippi

Misspelling Variants of "Mississippi"

imssissippi11misissippi10misisssippi11missisippi10missisisppi11mississipi10mississipip11mississpipi11
Misspelling Variants of "Mississippi"

Frequency rank: #20,671 in German

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 name, "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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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.