mitten
[ˈmɪtn̩]
The verdict
“mitten” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,817
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Mitte, in die Mitte
Corpus desk
Index DE-mitten · mitten · German
mitten · rank #1,817 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,817
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH melden
Nearest frequency peer: melden (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mitten”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mail
Mail
98,187 corpus weight
- Masse
Masse
98,186 corpus weight
- melden
melden
98,185 corpus weight
- mitten
mitten
98,184 corpus weight
- schaut
schaut
98,183 corpus weight
- Schiff
Schiff
98,182 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mitten” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mitten |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | [ˈmɪtn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #1,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “mitten” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around mitten (IPA [ˈmɪtn̩]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #1,817 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "in der Mitte, in die Mitte".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for mitten, with forms such as "imtten", "miten", and "mitetn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Motte", "mixen", "Mutter", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is mitten, spelled M-I-T-T-E-N.
Definition
- 1in der Mitte, in die Mitte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mitten appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mitten in der Nacht, ich schlief tief und fest, kam der Anruf.
Holzhäuser schmiegen sich in die Hügel, Nachbarn schwatzen, Katzen streunen, langhalsige Palmen stehen im Abendrot. Es herrscht kleinstädtische Stille mitten im Moloch.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- imtten
- miten
- mitetn
- mittenn
- mittne
- mmitten
- mtiten
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mitten - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mitten", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "mitten". Here's where to go from here.
- "mitten" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Motte". View pair
- 7 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #1,817 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.