Moos
[moːs]
The verdict
“Moos” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #15,162) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #15,162
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - wurzellose Sporenpflanze mit Generationswechsel, die in ihrem Aufbau simpel und kaum gegliedert ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-moos · Moos · German
Moos · rank #15,162 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,162
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Mohr
Nearest frequency peer: Mohr (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Moos”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Messi
Messi
84,843 corpus weight
- Methodik
Methodik
84,842 corpus weight
- Mobilfunk
Mobilfunk
84,841 corpus weight
- Mohr
Mohr
84,840 corpus weight
- Moos
Moos
84,839 corpus weight
- Mythologie
Mythologie
84,838 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Moos” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Moos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [moːs] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #15,162 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Moos” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Moos is neighbouring look-alikes ("MS", "mus", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [moːs]. Frequency #15,162 among 3,571 “M” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Moos, with forms such as "mmoos", "mooss", and "moso". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "MS", "mus", "mor", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Moos, spelled M-O-O-S.
Definition
- 1wurzellose Sporenpflanze mit Generationswechsel, die in ihrem Aufbau simpel und kaum gegliedert ist
- 2immergrüne, polsterbildende Moospflanzen, die hauptsächlich an feuchten, schattigen Stellen den Boden, Baumstämme, Steine oder Ähnliches überziehen
- 3mooriges, sumpfiges Landschaftsgebiet
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Moos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Für die Entdeckung, dass auch niedere Pflanzen wie Moose Kleinsttiere fangen können, wurde der 19-jährige Sebastian Hess aus dem nordrhein-westfälischen Wiehl mit dem 1. Preis im Fachgebiet Biologie ausgezeichnet.“
„Biologen haben ein seltenes Moos entdeckt und eine Schmetterlingsart, die sonst nur im Tessin vorkomme.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmoos
- mooss
- moso
- omos
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Moos - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Moos", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
What to do next
You've looked up "Moos". Here's where to go from here.
- "Moos" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "MS". View pair
- 4 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #15,162 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.