Muffigkeit
[ˈmʊfɪçkaɪ̯t]
The verdict
“Muffigkeit” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Eigenschaft, nicht nach frischer Luft zu riechen
Corpus desk
Index DE-muffigkeit · Muffigkeit · German
Muffigkeit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 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 | Muffigkeit |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊfɪçkaɪ̯t] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Muffigkeit“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Muffigkeit is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊfɪçkaɪ̯t]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Eigenschaft, nicht nach frischer Luft zu riechen".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Muffigkeit, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists 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 Muffigkeit, spelled M-U-F-F-I-G-K-E-I-T.
Definition
- 1Eigenschaft, nicht nach frischer Luft zu riechen
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Muffigkeit appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„In den großen, hohen Räumen, geschmückt mit unmöglichen Tapeten und fast lächerlich verschnörkelten Stuckfriesen, herrschte eine deprimierende Muffigkeit und der Geruch fremdländischer Küche hing in der Luft, doch die Böden waren sauber, die Bettwäsche wurde in erträglichen Abständen gewechselt und das heiße Wasser wurde auch nicht allzu häufig kalt oder…
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.