Mittelfeldspieler
[ˈmɪtl̩fɛltˌʃpiːlɐ]
The verdict
“Mittelfeldspieler” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #17,362 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #17,362
- frequency rank, German
- 17
- letters
- 25
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Spieler, der beim Fußball das Spiel der eigenen Mannschaft im Mittelfeld ordnet und lenkt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mittelfeldspieler |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtl̩fɛltˌʃpiːlɐ] |
| Letters | 17 |
| Frequency rank | #17,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 25 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mittelfeldspieler” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mittelfeldspieler is 17 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪtl̩fɛltˌʃpiːlɐ]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,362 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Spieler, der beim Fußball das Spiel der eigenen Mannschaft im Mittelfeld ordnet und lenkt".
Our generated misspelling index lists 25 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mittelfeldspieler, with forms such as "imttelfeldspieler", "mitelfeldspieler", and "mitetlfeldspieler". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mittelfeldspieler, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-F-E-L-D-S-P-I-E-L-E-R.
Definition
- 1Spieler, der beim Fußball das Spiel der eigenen Mannschaft im Mittelfeld ordnet und lenkt
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: imttelfeldspieler,mitelfeldspieler,mitetlfeldspieler,mittefleldspieler,mittelefldspieler,mittelfedlspieler,mittelfelddspieler,mittelfeldpsieler,mittelfeldsipeler,mittelfeldspeiler,mittelfeldspieelr,mittelfeldspielerr,mittelfeldspieller,mittelfeldspielre,mittelfeldspileer,mittelfeldsppieler,mittelfeldsspieler,mittelfelldspieler,mittelfelsdpieler,mittelffeldspieler,mittelfledspieler,mittellfeldspieler,mittlefeldspieler,mmittelfeldspieler,mtitelfeldspieler
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mittelfeldspieler - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 “Mittelfeldspieler”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-T-T-E-L-F-E-L-D-S-P-I-E-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmɪtl̩fɛltˌʃpiːlɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.