Mühsal
[ˈmyːˌzaːl]
The verdict
“Mühsal” is uncommon German (frequency #80,709 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,709
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - große Anstrengung, die mit der Durchführung einer Tat verbunden ist
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mühsal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmyːˌzaːl] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #80,709 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mühsal” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mühsal is uncommon German at frequency #80,709 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmyːˌzaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "große Anstrengung, die mit der Durchführung einer Tat verbunden ist".
No misspelling variants are generated for Mühsal in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mühsal, spelled M-Ü-H-S-A-L.
Definition
- 1große Anstrengung, die mit der Durchführung einer Tat verbunden ist
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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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Using “Mühsal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-Ü-H-S-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.