mmHg

abbrev

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The verdict

“mmHg” is uncommon German (frequency #89,312 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,312
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Millimeter-Quecksilbersäule

Corpus desk

Index DE-mmhg · mmHg · German

mmHg · rank #89,312 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,312
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-0 0 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mitwirkten

Nearest frequency peer: mitwirkten (-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 „mmHg“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mmHg“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for mmHg
PropertyValue
HeadwordmmHg
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
Letters4
Frequency rank#89,312
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „mmHg“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).mmHgfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mitwirkten“ (#89,311), „Mittelohrentzündung“ (#89,310), „monatelanger“ (#89,314). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „mmHg“ bei #89,312. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mmHg is uncommon German at frequency #89,312 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anabbreviation. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Millimeter-Quecksilbersäule".

mmHg has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is mmHg, spelled M-M-H-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    Millimeter-Quecksilbersäule

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how mmHg appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Das Herz der 16-Jährigen rast mit 102 Schlägen pro Minute, ihr Blutdruck ist auf 92 zu 47 mmHg abgefallen – normal sind Werte bis zu 100 zu 60 mmHg.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mmHg"?
"mmHg" is spelled M-M-H-G.
What does "mmHg" mean?
As an abbreviation, "mmHg" means: Millimeter-Quecksilbersäule
What language does "mmHg" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mmHg", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mutz#89,325meli#89,284nebe#89,346Lwiw#89,250

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list