Mistkerl

[ˈmɪstˌkɛʁl]

/[ˈmɪstˌkɛʁl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mistkerl” is uncommon German (frequency #81,880 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,880
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Schimpfwort: gemeiner, verachtenswerter Mann

Corpus desk

Index DE-mistkerl · Mistkerl · German

Mistkerl · rank #81,880 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,880
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mischgebiet

Nearest frequency peer: Mischgebiet (-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 „Mistkerl“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mistkerl
PropertyValue
HeadwordMistkerl
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɪstˌkɛʁl]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,880
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mistkerl“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Mistkerlfällt 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: „Mischgebiet“ (#81,879), „mitregieren“ (#81,881), „mitsprechen“ (#81,882). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mistkerl“ bei #81,880. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mistkerl is uncommon German at frequency #81,880 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɪstˌkɛʁl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Schimpfwort: gemeiner, verachtenswerter Mann".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mistkerl, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mistkerl, spelled M-I-S-T-K-E-R-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Schimpfwort: gemeiner, verachtenswerter Mann

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Es war sehr schön, und es hätte noch viel schöner sein können, wenn uns dieser Mistkerl nicht dazwischengekommen wäre.“
  2. „Nie mehr wollte ich mit dem Mistkerl was zu tun haben.“

Synonyms

DrecksackScheißkerl

This word in other languages

bastard(English)

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 "Mistkerl"?
"Mistkerl" is spelled M-I-S-T-K-E-R-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɪstˌkɛʁl].
What does "Mistkerl" mean?
As a noun, "Mistkerl" means: Schimpfwort: gemeiner, verachtenswerter Mann
How do you pronounce "Mistkerl"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mistkerl" is [ˈmɪstˌkɛʁl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mistkerl" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Mordlust#81,890Medellín#81,861Narbonne#81,912Mainburg#81,840

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list