Misswirtschaft

[ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft]

/[ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft]/ noun

The verdict

“Misswirtschaft” is uncommon German (frequency #50,718 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,718
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - unökonomisches Handeln, das angestrebte Ziele aus eigenem Verschulden verfehlt

Corpus desk

Index DE-misswirtschaft · Misswirtschaft · German

Misswirtschaft · rank #50,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,718
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH miserablen

Nearest frequency peer: miserablen (-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 „Misswirtschaft“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Misswirtschaft
PropertyValue
HeadwordMisswirtschaft
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft]
Letters14
Frequency rank#50,718
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Misswirtschaft“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Misswirtschaftfällt 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: „miserablen“ (#50,717), „mitarbeitenden“ (#50,719), „mischten“ (#50,716). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Misswirtschaft“ bei #50,718. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Misswirtschaft is uncommon German at frequency #50,718 among 3,571 “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

  1. 1
    unökonomisches Handeln, das angestrebte Ziele aus eigenem Verschulden verfehlt

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Misswirtschaft der Finanzinstitute, besonders im Immobiliensektor, hat zur letzten ökonomischen Krise geführt.

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 "Misswirtschaft"?
"Misswirtschaft" is spelled M-I-S-S-W-I-R-T-S-C-H-A-F-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft].
What does "Misswirtschaft" mean?
As a noun, "Misswirtschaft" means: unökonomisches Handeln, das angestrebte Ziele aus eigenem Verschulden verfehlt
How do you pronounce "Misswirtschaft"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Misswirtschaft" is [ˈmɪsˌvɪʁtʃaft]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Misswirtschaft" come from?
"Misswirtschaft" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list