muffig
[ˈmʊfɪç]
The verdict
“muffig” is uncommon German (frequency #79,518 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #79,518
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - nach abgestandener Luft, nach Muff, Moder riechend
Corpus desk
Index DE-muffig · muffig · German
muffig · rank #79,518 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #79,518
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 44,424
- PHOTO-FINISH mRNA
Nearest frequency peer: mRNA (-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 “muffig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- monotonen
monotonen
20,487 corpus weight
- Moosen
Moosen
20,486 corpus weight
- mRNA
mRNA
20,484 corpus weight
- muffig
muffig
20,483 corpus weight
- Murcia
Murcia
20,481 corpus weight
- musealen
musealen
20,480 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “muffig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muffig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmʊfɪç] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #79,518 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “muffig” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
muffig is uncommon German at frequency #79,518 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmʊfɪç]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "nach abgestandener Luft, nach Muff, Moder riechend".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for muffig, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is muffig, spelled M-U-F-F-I-G.
Definition
- 1nach abgestandener Luft, nach Muff, Moder riechend
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how muffig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
In diesem Schrank riecht es muffig.
Synonyms
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); 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 "muffig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.