mitra
The verdict
“mitra” is an uncommon German word, ranked #68,478 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #68,478
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ursprünglich aus dem Orient stammende Kopfbedeckung, die unter dem Kinn zusammengebunden und in Rom nur von Frauen getragen wurde
| 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) |
Where “mitra” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for mitra is 5 letters long, classified as a noun. Corpus data places it at rank #68,478 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "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
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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Using “mitra”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-T-R-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.