mitra
The verdict
“mitra” is uncommon German (frequency #68,478 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,478
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ursprünglich aus dem Orient stammende Kopfbedeckung, die unter dem Kinn zusammengebunden und in Rom nur von Frauen getragen wurde
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitra · mitra · German
mitra · rank #68,478 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,478
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH missions
Nearest frequency peer: missions (-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 „mitra“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mischlinge
Mischlinge
31,526 corpus weight
- missbräuchl…
missbräuchlich
31,525 corpus weight
- missions
missions
31,524 corpus weight
- mitra
mitra
31,523 corpus weight
- mitspielte
mitspielte
31,522 corpus weight
- Mittätersch…
Mittäterschaft
31,521 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mitra“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mitra |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #68,478 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mitra“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mitra is uncommon German at frequency #68,478 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "ursprünglich aus dem Orient stammende Kopfbedeckung, die unter dem Kinn zusammengebunden und in Rom nur von Frauen getragen wurde".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mitra, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is mitra, spelled M-I-T-R-A.
Definition
- 1ursprünglich aus dem Orient stammende Kopfbedeckung, die unter dem Kinn zusammengebunden und in Rom nur von Frauen getragen wurde
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how mitra appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„chirodytoe aurati, ricae, toracia, mitrae“ (Lucil. 71)
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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