Mauerblümchen
[ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌblyːmçən]
The verdict
“Mauerblümchen” is uncommon German (frequency #94,615 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #94,615
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jede Art von Blume, die an einer Mauer blüht
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mauerblümchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌblyːmçən] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #94,615 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mauerblümchen” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mauerblümchen is uncommon German at frequency #94,615 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaʊ̯ɐˌblyːmçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Mauerblümchen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mauerblümchen, spelled M-A-U-E-R-B-L-Ü-M-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1jede Art von Blume, die an einer Mauer blüht
- 2eine weibliche (selten auch männliche) Person, die ihre sexuellen oder anderweitig positiven Vorzüge nicht richtig zum Ausdruck bringt, beziehungsweise diese vermeintlich gar nicht besitzt, und deswegen auf das andere Geschlecht eher unauffällig wirkt
This word in other languages
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 “Mauerblümchen”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-U-E-R-B-L-Ü-M-C-H-E-N - 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.