Mendelson
/ˈmɛndəlsən/
"mendelson" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Mendelson” is uncommon English (frequency #58,193 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,193
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An originally Jewish surname from German or Yiddish.
Corpus desk
Index EN-mendelson · Mendelson · English
Mendelson · rank #58,193 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,193
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH Meo
Nearest frequency peer: Meo (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Mendelson”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- McDougal
McDougal
41,813 corpus weight
- McKean
McKean
41,812 corpus weight
- McShane
McShane
41,811 corpus weight
- Mendelson
Mendelson
41,808 corpus weight
- Meo
Meo
41,806 corpus weight
- midcentury
midcentury
41,803 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Mendelson” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mendelson |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈmɛndəlsən/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,193 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Mendelson” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Mendelson is uncommon English at frequency #58,193 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈmɛndəlsən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An originally Jewish surname from German or Yiddish.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mendelson, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Anglicised from German Mendelssohn or directly from its etymon, Yiddish מענדעלסאָן (mendelson). The correct English form is Mendelson, spelled M-E-N-D-E-L-S-O-N.
Definition
- 1An originally Jewish surname from German or Yiddish.
Etymology
Anglicised from German Mendelssohn or directly from its etymon, Yiddish מענדעלסאָן (mendelson).
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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