Muffe
[ˈmʊfə]
The verdict
“Muffe” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kurzes rohrförmiges Verbindungsstück zum Verbinden von Rohren, Kanälen oder elektrischen Leitungen
Corpus desk
Index DE-muffe · Muffe · German
Muffe · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Muffe |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊfə] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Muffe” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
Rare enough to double-check
Muffe is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊfə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for Muffe in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, 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 Muffe, spelled M-U-F-F-E.
Definition
- 1kurzes rohrförmiges Verbindungsstück zum Verbinden von Rohren, Kanälen oder elektrischen Leitungen
- 2Angst
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Muffe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Klempner verband die beiden Rohre mit einer Muffe.
Bei einer Muffenverbindung werden die beiden Nippel (mit dem kleineren Nippelmaß) in die Muffe (mit dem größeren Muffenmaß) eingesteckt.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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