mittelmäßig
\mɪtl̩ˌmɛːsɪç\
The verdict
“mittelmäßig” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Médiocre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mittelma-ig · mittelmäßig · French
mittelmäßig · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 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 | mittelmäßig |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \mɪtl̩ˌmɛːsɪç\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
mittelmäßig is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \mɪtl̩ˌmɛːsɪç\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Médiocre.".
No misspelling variants are generated for mittelmäßig in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 French form is mittelmäßig, spelled M-I-T-T-E-L-M-Ä-S-S-I-G.
Definition
- 1Médiocre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mittelmäßig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ich bin nur ein mittelmäßiger Volleyballspieler.
Der jüngere Bruder, Alexander (von Humboldt), war wortkarg und schwächlich, man mußte ihn zu allem ermutigen, seine Noten waren mittelmäßig. Wenn man ihn sich selbst überließ, strich er durch die Wälder, sammelte Käfer und ordnete sie nach selbsterdachten Systemen.
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.