mittels

/[ˈmɪtl̩s]/ prep

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#2,255

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

mittels is aGermanprep. It means: mit dem … [im Genitiv folgenden Gegenstand] als Mittel Pronounced [ˈmɪtl̩s]. It ranks #2,255 in German word frequency. Often confused with mitten and Mitte.

Key facts for mittels
PropertyValue
Headwordmittels
LanguageGerman
Part of speechPrep
IPA[ˈmɪtl̩s]
Letters7
Frequency rank#2,255
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for mittels is 7 letters long, classified as aprep, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmɪtl̩s]. Corpus data places it at rank #2,255 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mit dem … [im Genitiv folgenden Gegenstand] als Mittel".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for mittels, with forms such as "imttels", "mitels", and "mitetls". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "mitten", "Mitte", "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 mittels, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mit dem … [im Genitiv folgenden Gegenstand] als Mittel

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: imttels,mitels,mitetls,mittells,mittelss,mittesl,mittles,mmittels,mtitels

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for mittels

Misspelling Variants of "mittels"

imttels7mitels6mitetls7mittells8mittelss8mittesl7mittles7mmittels8
Misspelling Variants of "mittels"

Frequency rank: #2,255 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mittels"?
"mittels" is spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪtl̩s].
What does "mittels" mean?
As a prep, "mittels" means: mit dem … [im Genitiv folgenden Gegenstand] als Mittel
What words are commonly confused with "mittels"?
"mittels" is commonly confused with "mitten", "Mitte", "Mittel". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "mittels"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mittels" is [ˈmɪtl̩s]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "mittels" come from?
"mittels" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter M in our German index:

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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.