Mühlenbach

[ˈmyːlənˌbax]

/[ˈmyːlənˌbax]/ noun

The verdict

“Mühlenbach” is uncommon German (frequency #66,513 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,513
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - natürlicher oder künstlich angelegter Wasserlauf an einer Wassermühle mit Mühlrad

Corpus desk

Index DE-muhlenbach · Mühlenbach · German

Mühlenbach · rank #66,513 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,513
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mundhöhle

Nearest frequency peer: Mundhöhle (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Mühlenbach“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mühlenbach“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mühlenbach
PropertyValue
HeadwordMühlenbach
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmyːlənˌbax]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mühlenbach“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mühlenbachfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mundhöhle“ (#66,512), „Müllsack“ (#66,514), „mürbe“ (#66,515). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mühlenbach“ bei #66,513. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mühlenbach is uncommon German at frequency #66,513 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmyːlənˌbax]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "natürlicher oder künstlich angelegter Wasserlauf an einer Wassermühle mit Mühlrad".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Mühlenbach, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Mühlenbach, spelled M-Ü-H-L-E-N-B-A-C-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    natürlicher oder künstlich angelegter Wasserlauf an einer Wassermühle mit Mühlrad

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mühlenbach appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. „Der Altbach vereinigt sich dann im Wiesengrund mit den vom Westhang kommenden Bächen zum Mühlenbach, dem von zwei Mühlen und ihrem Grabensystem gesäumten Teil des Oberemmeler Baches.“
  2. „Der Ostbach entspringt am Südhang des Wiehengebirges, fließt in einem großen Bogen durch Randringhausen und mündet als Spradower Mühlenbach unterhalb der Elsemühle in die Else.“

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mühlenbach"?
"Mühlenbach" is spelled M-Ü-H-L-E-N-B-A-C-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmyːlənˌbax].
What does "Mühlenbach" mean?
As a noun, "Mühlenbach" means: natürlicher oder künstlich angelegter Wasserlauf an einer Wassermühle mit Mühlrad
How do you pronounce "Mühlenbach"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mühlenbach" is [ˈmyːlənˌbax]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mühlenbach" come from?
"Mühlenbach" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mühlenbach", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list