Myriade
[myˈʁi̯aːdə]
The verdict
“Myriade” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - zehntausend
Corpus desk
Index DE-myriade · Myriade · German
Myriade · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Myriade |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [myˈʁi̯aːdə] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Myriade“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Myriade is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [myˈʁi̯aːdə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Myriade, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Myriade, spelled M-Y-R-I-A-D-E.
Definition
- 1zehntausend
- 2eine sehr große, aber unbestimmte Zahl
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Myriade appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Eine Myriade entsprach bei den alten Griechen dem Wert 10.000, hundert Myriaden waren also eine Million.
Nachdem die Presse vom bevorstehenden astronomischen Ereignis berichtet hatte, stand morgens um drei eine Myriade von schlaftrunkenen Neugierigen auf dem Schlossplatz und schaute auf zu den Myriaden von Sternen.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.