Misswirtschaft
[ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft]
The verdict
“Misswirtschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #50,718 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,718
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - unökonomisches Handeln, das angestrebte Ziele aus eigenem Verschulden verfehlt
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Misswirtschaft |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #50,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Misswirtschaft” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Misswirtschaft is uncommon German at frequency #50,718 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "unökonomisches Handeln, das angestrebte Ziele aus eigenem Verschulden verfehlt".
Misswirtschaft has no tracked misspelling variants, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Misswirtschaft, spelled M-I-S-S-W-I-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T.
Definition
- 1unökonomisches Handeln, das angestrebte Ziele aus eigenem Verschulden verfehlt
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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Using “Misswirtschaft”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-I-S-S-W-I-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.