Mistel
[ˈmɪstl̩]
The verdict
“Mistel” is uncommon German (frequency #97,402 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,402
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die Pflanzengattung Viscum (deutsch: Misteln)
Corpus desk
Index DE-mistel · Mistel · German
Mistel · rank #97,402 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,402
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mistake
Nearest frequency peer: mistake (-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 „Mistel“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- missed
missed
2,601 corpus weight
- mistake
mistake
2,600 corpus weight
- Mistel
Mistel
2,599 corpus weight
- mitgemeint
mitgemeint
2,598 corpus weight
- mitversiche…
mitversichert
2,597 corpus weight
- mitzieht
mitzieht
2,596 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mistel“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mistel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪstl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,402 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mistel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mistel is uncommon German at frequency #97,402 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪstl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mistel, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mistel, spelled M-I-S-T-E-L.
Definition
- 1die Pflanzengattung Viscum (deutsch: Misteln)
- 2ein Vertreter der Misteln, immergrüner, beerentragender Pflanzen aus der Familie der Sandelholzgewächse, die als Schmarotzer auf Bäumen leben
- 3die weißbeerige Mistel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mistel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Misteln sind immergrüne Pflanzen.
Der Baum war von Misteln überwuchert.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.
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