Mazel tov
[ˈmazl̩tɔf]
The verdict
“Mazel tov” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as an interjection - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) — ein Ausdruck, um jemandem Glück zu wünschen; "gut Glück"
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mazel tov |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | [ˈmazl̩tɔf] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mazel tov” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Mazel tov is 9 letters long, classified as an interjection, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmazl̩tɔf]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "ein Ausdruck, um jemandem Glück zu wünschen; "gut Glück"".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mazel tov in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mazel tov, spelled M-A-Z-E-L- -T-O-V, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1ein Ausdruck, um jemandem Glück zu wünschen; "gut Glück"
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Mazel tov”
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- The one correct German spelling is M-A-Z-E-L- -T-O-V - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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