Mistral
[mɪsˈtʁaːl]
The verdict
“Mistral” is uncommon German (frequency #69,507 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,507
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kalter, trockener, stark wehender Nordwind bis Nordwestwind an der südfranzösischen Küste
Corpus desk
Index DE-mistral · Mistral · German
Mistral · rank #69,507 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,507
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mistelbach
Nearest frequency peer: Mistelbach (-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 „Mistral“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Minne
Minne
30,497 corpus weight
- mirs
mirs
30,496 corpus weight
- Mistelbach
Mistelbach
30,495 corpus weight
- Mistral
Mistral
30,494 corpus weight
- mitansehen
mitansehen
30,493 corpus weight
- Mitarbeiter…
Mitarbeiterzahl
30,492 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mistral“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mistral |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mɪsˈtʁaːl] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #69,507 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mistral“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mistral is uncommon German at frequency #69,507 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɪsˈtʁaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kalter, trockener, stark wehender Nordwind bis Nordwestwind an der südfranzösischen Küste".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mistral, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Mistral, spelled M-I-S-T-R-A-L.
Definition
- 1kalter, trockener, stark wehender Nordwind bis Nordwestwind an der südfranzösischen Küste
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mistral appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Bei einem Mistral ist der Himmel meist klar und das Meer färbt sich tief dunkelblau.
„Karg ist das Land, das Gras verdorrt, Olivenhaine, Pinien, Zypressen – alle beugt der Mistral.“
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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