Mitteln

/[ˈmɪtl̩n]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,908

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Mitteln is aGermannoun. It means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mittel Pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩n]. It ranks #3,908 in German word frequency. Often confused with mitten and Motten.

Key facts for Mitteln
PropertyValue
HeadwordMitteln
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɪtl̩n]
Letters7
Frequency rank#3,908
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mitteln is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪtl̩n]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,908 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mittel".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mitteln, with forms such as "imtteln", "miteln", and "mitetln". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "mitten", "Motten", "mittels", 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 Mitteln, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mittel

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imtteln,miteln,mitetln,mittelln,mittelnn,mittenl,mittlen,mmitteln,mtiteln

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mitteln

Misspelling Variants of "Mitteln"

imtteln7miteln6mitetln7mittelln8mittelnn8mittenl7mittlen7mmitteln8
Misspelling Variants of "Mitteln"

Frequency rank: #3,908 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mitteln"?
"Mitteln" is spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtl̩n].
What does "Mitteln" mean?
As a noun, "Mitteln" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mittel
What words are commonly confused with "Mitteln"?
"Mitteln" is commonly confused with "mitten", "Motten", "mittels". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mitteln"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mitteln" is [ˈmɪtl̩n]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mitteln" come from?
"Mitteln" 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.