Mühlenbach

[ˈmyːlənˌbax]

/[ˈmyːlənˌbax]/ noun

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The verdict

“Mühlenbach” is uncommon German (frequency #66,513 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,513
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - natürlicher oder künstlich angelegter Wasserlauf an einer Wassermühle mit Mühlrad

Key facts for Mühlenbach
PropertyValue
HeadwordMühlenbach
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmyːlənˌbax]
Letters10
Frequency rank#66,513
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Mühlenbach” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Mühlenbach lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mühlenbach is uncommon German at frequency #66,513 among 44,424 “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

Synonyms

Mühlbach

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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Using “Mühlenbach”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is M-Ü-H-L-E-N-B-A-C-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ˈmyːlənˌbax] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this 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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list