mmHg
The verdict
“mmHg” is uncommon German (frequency #89,312 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,312
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Millimeter-Quecksilbersäule
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mmHg |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Abbreviation |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #89,312 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “mmHg” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
mmHg is uncommon German at frequency #89,312 among 44,424 “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
- 1Millimeter-Quecksilbersäule
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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Using “mmHg”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-M-H-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.