Mollusken

[mɔˈluskn̩]

/[mɔˈluskn̩]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mollusken” is uncommon German (frequency #94,642 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#94,642
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Molluske

Corpus desk

Index DE-mollusken · Mollusken · German

Mollusken · rank #94,642 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #94,642
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Moderatorinnen

Nearest frequency peer: Moderatorinnen (-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 „Mollusken“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mollusken
PropertyValue
HeadwordMollusken
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mɔˈluskn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#94,642
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mollusken“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Moderatorinnen“ (#94,641), „Moringen“ (#94,644), „Miyazaki“ (#94,638). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mollusken“ bei #94,642. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mollusken is uncommon German at frequency #94,642 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mɔˈluskn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Molluske".

Mollusken has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, 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 any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Mollusken, spelled M-O-L-L-U-S-K-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Molluske

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 "Mollusken"?
"Mollusken" is spelled M-O-L-L-U-S-K-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [mɔˈluskn̩].
What does "Mollusken" mean?
As a noun, "Mollusken" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Molluske
How do you pronounce "Mollusken"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mollusken" is [mɔˈluskn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mollusken" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list