Mücken
[ˈmʏkn̩]
The verdict
“Mücken” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,318. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,318
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mücke
Corpus desk
Index DE-mucken · Mücken · German
Mücken · rank #19,318 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #19,318
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH möchtet
Nearest frequency peer: möchtet (-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 “Mücken”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Muse
Muse
80,686 corpus weight
- mutigen
mutigen
80,685 corpus weight
- möchtet
möchtet
80,684 corpus weight
- Mücken
Mücken
80,683 corpus weight
- Münsterland
Münsterland
80,682 corpus weight
- Nassau
Nassau
80,681 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mücken” 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 | Mücken |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʏkn̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #19,318 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mücken” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around Mücken (IPA [ˈmʏkn̩]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,318 among 44,424 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mücken, with forms such as "mcüken", "mmücken", and "müccken". 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, "Mühen", "müden", "müssen", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mücken, spelled M-Ü-C-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mücke
- 2Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Mücke
- 3Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mücke
- 4Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Mücke
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mcüken
- mmücken
- müccken
- mücekn
- mückenn
- mückken
- mückne
- mükcen
- ümcken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mücken - 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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mücken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).
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.