Mauszeiger
[ˈmaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯ɡɐ]
The verdict
“Mauszeiger” is uncommon German (frequency #79,479 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,479
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Symbol (als Teil einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche), das die Position der Maus auf dem Bildschirm anzeigt
Corpus desk
Index DE-mauszeiger · Mauszeiger · German
Mauszeiger · rank #79,479 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,479
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH Mausefalle
Nearest frequency peer: Mausefalle (-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 “Mauszeiger”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- mastering
mastering
20,525 corpus weight
- Mathematike…
Mathematikern
20,524 corpus weight
- Mausefalle
Mausefalle
20,523 corpus weight
- Mauszeiger
Mauszeiger
20,522 corpus weight
- Mechaniken
Mechaniken
20,520 corpus weight
- mehrfarbig
mehrfarbig
20,519 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mauszeiger” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mauszeiger |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯ɡɐ] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #79,479 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mauszeiger” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mauszeiger is uncommon German at frequency #79,479 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmaʊ̯sˌt͡saɪ̯ɡɐ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Symbol (als Teil einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche), das die Position der Maus auf dem Bildschirm anzeigt".
Mauszeiger has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented 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 Mauszeiger, spelled M-A-U-S-Z-E-I-G-E-R.
Definition
- 1Symbol (als Teil einer grafischen Benutzeroberfläche), das die Position der Maus auf dem Bildschirm anzeigt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mauszeiger appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Mauszeiger verändert sich, wenn man auf einen Link geht.
Während das Programm lädt, wird der Mauszeiger zu einer kleinen Sanduhr.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 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.