misslingen

[mɪsˈlɪŋən]

/[mɪsˈlɪŋən]/ verb

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The verdict

“misslingen” is uncommon German (frequency #94,632 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,632
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - nicht gelingen, nicht von Erfolg, Brauchbarkeit, Nutzen sein

Corpus desk

Index DE-misslingen · misslingen · German

misslingen · rank #94,632 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,632
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH mimt

Nearest frequency peer: mimt (-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 „misslingen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „misslingen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for misslingen
PropertyValue
Headwordmisslingen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[mɪsˈlɪŋən]
Letters10
Frequency rank#94,632
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „misslingen“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.misslingenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „mimt“ (#94,631), „Mitgefühls“ (#94,633), „Millionärs“ (#94,630). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „misslingen“ bei #94,632. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

misslingen is uncommon German at frequency #94,632 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [mɪsˈlɪŋən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nicht gelingen, nicht von Erfolg, Brauchbarkeit, Nutzen sein".

Zero misspellings are on record for misslingen in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is misslingen, spelled M-I-S-S-L-I-N-G-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    nicht gelingen, nicht von Erfolg, Brauchbarkeit, Nutzen sein

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how misslingen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Das ist dir aber gründlich misslungen!
  2. „Der Versuch, die Folgen der Konflikte einzugrenzen, ohne ihre Ursachen zu bekämpfen, werde misslingen.“

Synonyms

danebengehendanebengeratenfloppenmissglückenmissraten

Antonyms

gelingen

This word in other languages

fail(English)fracasar(Español)rater(Français)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "misslingen"?
"misslingen" is spelled M-I-S-S-L-I-N-G-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mɪsˈlɪŋən].
What does "misslingen" mean?
As a verb, "misslingen" means: nicht gelingen, nicht von Erfolg, Brauchbarkeit, Nutzen sein
How do you pronounce "misslingen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "misslingen" is [mɪsˈlɪŋən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "misslingen" come from?
"misslingen" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "misslingen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mitgefühls#94,633Millionärs#94,630Mittelding#94,636Mortadella#94,646

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list