Mittelschiff
[ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃɪf]
The verdict
“Mittelschiff” is uncommon German (frequency #83,074 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #83,074
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - langer Raum in der Mitte einer Kirche
Corpus desk
Index DE-mittelschiff · Mittelschiff · German
Mittelschiff · rank #83,074 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #83,074
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mittelhochdeu…
Nearest frequency peer: mittelhochdeutsch (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mittelschiff“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Missbilligu…
Missbilligung
16,930 corpus weight
- mittelhochd…
mittelhochdeutsch
16,928 corpus weight
- Mittelschiff
Mittelschiff
16,927 corpus weight
- mojito
mojito
16,925 corpus weight
- Mozarteum
Mozarteum
16,924 corpus weight
- Musiktherap…
Musiktherapie
16,923 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mittelschiff“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mittelschiff |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃɪf] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #83,074 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mittelschiff“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mittelschiff is uncommon German at frequency #83,074 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪtl̩ˌʃɪf]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "langer Raum in der Mitte einer Kirche".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mittelschiff, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mittelschiff, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-S-C-H-I-F-F.
Definition
- 1langer Raum in der Mitte einer Kirche
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Mittelschiff appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„War dem Eintretenden die Anlage zunächst wie eine nach oben geöffnete Basilika erschienen, so hoben sich allmählich aus dem dunstigen Raumschatten zwei schmale Seitenschiffe, die durch wuchtige Säulen vom Mittelschiff getrennt wurden.“
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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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