misstönend
[ˈmɪsˌtøːnənt]
The verdict
“misstönend” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. 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) - einen hässlichen, unangenehmen Klang erzeugend
Corpus desk
Index DE-misstonend · misstönend · German
misstönend · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | misstönend |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɪsˌtøːnənt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „misstönend“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
misstönend is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɪsˌtøːnənt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einen hässlichen, unangenehmen Klang erzeugend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for misstönend, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is misstönend, spelled M-I-S-S-T-Ö-N-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1einen hässlichen, unangenehmen Klang erzeugend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how misstönend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Ein gedämpftes, misstönendes Brummen erklang, irgendwo in der Nähe plätscherte Wasser, und um die Seite des Hauses herum schien sich jemand ganz langsam zu nähern.“
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.