missbräuchlich
[ˈmɪsˌbʁɔɪ̯çlɪç]
The verdict
“missbräuchlich” is uncommon German (frequency #68,476 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #68,476
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in unerlaubter Weise; nicht wie vorgesehen
Corpus desk
Index DE-missbrauchlich · missbräuchlich · German
missbräuchlich · rank #68,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #68,476
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mischlinge
Nearest frequency peer: Mischlinge (-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.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „missbräuchlich“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Militäreins…
Militäreinsatz
31,528 corpus weight
- minimalem
minimalem
31,527 corpus weight
- Mischlinge
Mischlinge
31,526 corpus weight
- missbräuchl…
missbräuchlich
31,525 corpus weight
- missions
missions
31,524 corpus weight
- mitra
mitra
31,523 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „missbräuchlich“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | missbräuchlich |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmɪsˌbʁɔɪ̯çlɪç] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #68,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „missbräuchlich“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
missbräuchlich is uncommon German at frequency #68,476 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmɪsˌbʁɔɪ̯çlɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in unerlaubter Weise; nicht wie vorgesehen".
No generated misspelling entries exist for missbräuchlich in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is missbräuchlich, spelled M-I-S-S-B-R-Ä-U-C-H-L-I-C-H.
Definition
- 1in unerlaubter Weise; nicht wie vorgesehen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how missbräuchlich appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch wer über ein formal einklagbares Recht verfügt, darf dieses nicht missbräuchlich ausüben.
Das deutsche Bundeskartellamt hat dem Onlinenetzwerk Facebook in einer vorläufigen Einschätzung das „missbräuchliche“ Sammeln von Daten aus Drittquellen vorgeworfen.
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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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