Mosel
[ˈmoːzl̩]
The verdict
“Mosel” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #15,701. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,701
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - linker Nebenfluss des Rheins; entspringt in den südlichen Vogesen, durchfließt die lothringische Stufenlandschaft, tritt bei Trier in das mittelrheinische Schiefergebirge ein, das sie mit Weinberge...
Corpus desk
Index DE-mosel · Mosel · German
Mosel · rank #15,701 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,701
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Nachkriegszeit
Nearest frequency peer: Nachkriegszeit (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Mosel“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Meile
Meile
84,303 corpus weight
- Mietvertrag
Mietvertrag
84,302 corpus weight
- Mosel
Mosel
84,300 corpus weight
- Nachkriegsz…
Nachkriegszeit
84,299 corpus weight
- Nachname
Nachname
84,298 corpus weight
- Nadeln
Nadeln
84,297 corpus weight
What this shows „Mosel“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Mosel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈmoːzl̩] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #15,701 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Mosel“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around Mosel (IPA [ˈmoːzl̩]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #15,701 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "linker Nebenfluss des Rheins; entspringt in den südlichen Vogesen, durchfließt die lothringische Stufenlandschaft, tritt bei Trier in das mittelrheinische Schiefergebirge ein, das sie mit Weinberge...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mosel, with forms such as "mmosel", "moesl", and "mosell". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Most", "move", "Muse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mosel, spelled M-O-S-E-L.
Definition
- 1linker Nebenfluss des Rheins; entspringt in den südlichen Vogesen, durchfließt die lothringische Stufenlandschaft, tritt bei Trier in das mittelrheinische Schiefergebirge ein, das sie mit Weinbergen tief einschneidet und mündet in Koblenz in den Rhein.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mosel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Mosel fließt in Koblenz in den Rhein.
An der Mosel gibt es viele Staustufen.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmosel
- moesl
- mosell
- mosle
- mossel
- msoel
- omsel
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mosel - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 "Mosel", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).