Maustaste
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The verdict
“Maustaste” is uncommon German (frequency #74,862 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,862
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Taste auf einer Computermaus
Corpus desk
Index DE-maustaste · Maustaste · German
Maustaste · rank #74,862 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,862
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Mayers
Nearest frequency peer: Mayers (+1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Maustaste”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Maschendrah…
Maschendrahtzaun
25,146 corpus weight
- materialist…
materialistischen
25,142 corpus weight
- Maustaste
Maustaste
25,139 corpus weight
- Mayers
Mayers
25,138 corpus weight
- medico
medico
25,135 corpus weight
- Medizinerin
Medizinerin
25,133 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Maustaste” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Maustaste |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #74,862 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Maustaste” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Maustaste is uncommon German at frequency #74,862 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Taste auf einer Computermaus".
Maustaste doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Maustaste, spelled M-A-U-S-T-A-S-T-E.
Definition
- 1Taste auf einer Computermaus
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Maustaste", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.