Mühsal
[ˈmyːˌzaːl]
The verdict
“Mühsal” is uncommon German (frequency #80,709 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #80,709
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - große Anstrengung, die mit der Durchführung einer Tat verbunden ist
Corpus desk
Index DE-muhsal · Mühsal · German
Mühsal · rank #80,709 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #80,709
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Nabucco
Nearest frequency peer: Nabucco (+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 „Mühsal“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Märchenwelt
Märchenwelt
19,296 corpus weight
- Märschen
Märschen
19,295 corpus weight
- Möbelstücke
Möbelstücke
19,294 corpus weight
- Mühsal
Mühsal
19,292 corpus weight
- Nabucco
Nabucco
19,291 corpus weight
- nachdenklic…
nachdenklicher
19,290 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mühsal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mühsal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mühsal is uncommon German at frequency #80,709 among 3,571 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mühsal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Heuernte einzufahren, ist die reinste Mühsal gewesen.
„Ihr Enthusiasmus ward bald Chimäre und Fanatismus: er endigte in Thorheit und tadelnswürdige Verbindung; denn das Gute als solches muß sich in einem wirklichen Gegenstände einigen, sich mit diesem und mit Kenntnissen, oft scheinbar oberflächlichen, durchdringen, das Mühsal vielfältiger Arbeit, die Langeweile lästiger Kleinigkeiten nicht scheuen, um das G…
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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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