meißeln
\maɪ̯sl̩n\
The verdict
“meißeln” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ciseler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mei-eln · meißeln · French
meißeln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 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 | meißeln |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \maɪ̯sl̩n\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « meißeln » en français
Rare enough to double-check
meißeln is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \maɪ̯sl̩n\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ciseler.".
meißeln has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is meißeln, spelled M-E-I-S-S-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1Ciseler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how meißeln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
in Stein gemeißelt sein, être gravé dans le marbre.
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.