MPU

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The verdict

“MPU” is uncommon German (frequency #56,364 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an abbreviation. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,364
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - medizinisch psychologische Untersuchung zur Beurteilung der Fahreignung

Corpus desk

Index DE-mpu · MPU · German

MPU · rank #56,364 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,364
  • LEN-MID 3 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH moulin

Nearest frequency peer: moulin (-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 „MPU“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for MPU
PropertyValue
HeadwordMPU
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAbbreviation
IPA[…]
Letters3
Frequency rank#56,364
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „MPU“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „moulin“ (#56,363), „multimediale“ (#56,365), „Motivs“ (#56,362). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „MPU“ bei #56,364. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

MPU is uncommon German at frequency #56,364 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anabbreviation, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "medizinisch psychologische Untersuchung zur Beurteilung der Fahreignung".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for MPU, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is MPU, spelled M-P-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    medizinisch psychologische Untersuchung zur Beurteilung der Fahreignung

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Weil er mehrfach unter Alkoholeinfluss mit dem Auto gefahren war, musste er zur MPU.

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 "MPU"?
"MPU" is spelled M-P-U. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "MPU" mean?
As an abbreviation, "MPU" means: medizinisch psychologische Untersuchung zur Beurteilung der Fahreignung
How do you pronounce "MPU"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "MPU" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "MPU" come from?
"MPU" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

nav#56,379neh#56,381noe#56,388ISP#56,246

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list