Maus
[maʊ̯s]
The verdict
“Maus” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #4,634 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #4,634
- frequency rank, German
- 4
- letters
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - kleines graues oder braunes Säugetier mit überwiegend langem Schwanz, rattenähnlich, in der Zuchtform auch weiß oder schwarz
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maus |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [maʊ̯s] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #4,634 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maus” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Maus is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [maʊ̯s]. Corpus data places it at rank #4,634 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Maus, with forms such as "amus", "masu", and "mauss". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MS", "mu", "Mut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Maus, spelled M-A-U-S.
Definition
- 1kleines graues oder braunes Säugetier mit überwiegend langem Schwanz, rattenähnlich, in der Zuchtform auch weiß oder schwarz
- 2Kosewort für Babys, Mädchen und Frauen
- 3Handballen unter Daumen
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: amus,masu,mauss,mmaus,muas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Maus - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 “Maus”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-A-U-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [maʊ̯s] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “MS” - see the side-by-side comparison. Maus vs MS
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.