Mittag

/[ˈmɪtaːk]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,059

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

Mittag is aGermannoun. It means: Tageszeit um den Sonnenhöchststand (in der Regel ab circa 12.00 bis 14.00 Uhr), Mitte des Tages, Mitte der Zeit mit Tageslicht; dem Mittag geht der Vormittag voran und ihm folgt der Nachmittag Pronounced [ˈmɪtaːk]. It ranks #4,059 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mitte and Montag.

Key facts for Mittag
PropertyValue
HeadwordMittag
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɪtaːk]
Letters6
Frequency rank#4,059
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mittag in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mittag is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪtaːk]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,059 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mittag, with forms such as "imttag", "mitag", and "mitatg". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "Mitte", "Montag", "Mittel", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mittag, spelled M-I-T-T-A-G, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tageszeit um den Sonnenhöchststand (in der Regel ab circa 12.00 bis 14.00 Uhr), Mitte des Tages, Mitte der Zeit mit Tageslicht; dem Mittag geht der Vormittag voran und ihm folgt der Nachmittag
  2. 2
    die Himmelsrichtung Süden, da die Sonne um 12 Uhr im Süden steht
  3. 3
    Nachmittag
  4. 4
    Mittagspause

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imttag,mitag,mitatg,mittagg,mittga,mmittag,mtitag

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mittag

Misspelling Variants of "Mittag"

imttag6mitag5mitatg6mittagg7mittga6mmittag7mtitag6
Misspelling Variants of "Mittag"

Frequency rank: #4,059 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mittag"?
"Mittag" is spelled M-I-T-T-A-G. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtaːk].
What does "Mittag" mean?
As a noun, "Mittag" means: Tageszeit um den Sonnenhöchststand (in der Regel ab circa 12.00 bis 14.00 Uhr), Mitte des Tages, Mitte der Zeit mit Tageslicht; dem Mittag geht der Vormittag voran und ihm folgt der Nachmittag
What words are commonly confused with "Mittag"?
"Mittag" is commonly confused with "Mitte", "Montag", "Mittel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mittag"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mittag" is [ˈmɪtaːk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mittag" come from?
"Mittag" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.