Muffel
[ˈmʊfl̩]
The verdict
“Muffel” is uncommon German (frequency #71,639 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,639
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - jemand, der mürrisch, unfreundlich, ungesprächig, verdrießlich ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Muffel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊfl̩] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Muffel” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Muffel is uncommon German at frequency #71,639 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊfl̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
Muffel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Muffel, spelled M-U-F-F-E-L.
Definition
- 1jemand, der mürrisch, unfreundlich, ungesprächig, verdrießlich ist
- 2jemand, der etwas (aus Abneigung, Desinteresse, Gleichgültigkeit) gar nicht oder nur ungern tut
- 3(bei Wiederkäuern) Maul samt dem Bereich um die Nasenlöcher
- 4unbehaarter, eine Felderung aufweisender, durch die Schleimhaut gebildeter Bereich um die Nasenlöcher mancher Großsäuger
Synonyms
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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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Using “Muffel”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-U-F-F-E-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.