Mühle

/[ˈmyːlə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,110

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Mühle is aGermannoun. It means: eine Anlage, Maschine zum Mahlen verschiedener natürlicher Güter (meist Samen, Körner) Pronounced [ˈmyːlə]. It ranks #8,110 in German word frequency. Often confused with Müll and Muse.

Key facts for Mühle
PropertyValue
HeadwordMühle
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmyːlə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,110
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mühle in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mühle is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmyːlə]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,110 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Mühle, with forms such as "mhüle", "mmühle", and "mühel". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Müll", "Muse", "Mute", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mühle, spelled M-Ü-H-L-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Anlage, Maschine zum Mahlen verschiedener natürlicher Güter (meist Samen, Körner)
  2. 2
    das Gebäude, das eine Anlage zum Mahlen enthält oder enthielt
  3. 3
    (altes) hauptsächlich motorisiertes und (lautes/klapperndes) Zweiradfahrzeug
  4. 4
    (altes) vierrädriges Fahrzeug oder Flugzeug mit Propeller
  5. 5
    Windkraftanlage zur Erzeugung elektrischer Energie; in Ableitung zur Bedeutung [2]: Mühle ist auch eine Kurzform von Windmühle

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mhüle,mmühle,mühel,mühhle,mühlle,mülhe,ümhle

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mühle

Misspelling Variants of "Mühle"

mhüle5mmühle6mühel5mühhle6mühlle6mülhe5ümhle5
Misspelling Variants of "Mühle"

Frequency rank: #8,110 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mühle"?
"Mühle" is spelled M-Ü-H-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmyːlə].
What does "Mühle" mean?
As a noun, "Mühle" means: eine Anlage, Maschine zum Mahlen verschiedener natürlicher Güter (meist Samen, Körner)
What words are commonly confused with "Mühle"?
"Mühle" is commonly confused with "Müll", "Muse", "Mute". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mühle"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mühle" is [ˈmyːlə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mühle" come from?
"Mühle" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.