mühselig
[ˈmyːˌzeːlɪç]
The verdict
“mühselig” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #46,865. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,865
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - voller Mühen, sehr zeitraubend und strapaziös, anstrengend
Corpus desk
Index DE-muhselig · mühselig · German
mühselig · rank #46,865 · 12 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #46,865
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH münz
Nearest frequency peer: münz (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “mühselig”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Mystiker
Mystiker
53,140 corpus weight
- Märsche
Märsche
53,138 corpus weight
- mühselig
mühselig
53,136 corpus weight
- münz
münz
53,135 corpus weight
- mütterliche…
mütterlicherseits
53,134 corpus weight
- nachgerüstet
nachgerüstet
53,133 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “mühselig” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mühselig |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmyːˌzeːlɪç] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #46,865 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “mühselig” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around mühselig (IPA [ˈmyːˌzeːlɪç]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,865 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "voller Mühen, sehr zeitraubend und strapaziös, anstrengend".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for mühselig, with forms such as "mhüselig", "mmühselig", and "müheslig". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is mühselig, spelled M-Ü-H-S-E-L-I-G.
Definition
- 1voller Mühen, sehr zeitraubend und strapaziös, anstrengend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mühselig appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Es war ein mühseliger Aufstieg zum Gipfelkreuz.
Ich habe gar keine Lust dazu, denn das ist eine wirklich mühselige Angelegenheit.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mhüselig
- mmühselig
- müheslig
- mühhselig
- mühseilg
- mühselgi
- mühseligg
- mühsellig
- mühsleig
- mühsselig
- müshelig
- ümhselig
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of mühselig - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "mühselig", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "mühselig". Here's where to go from here.
- 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #46,865 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
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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.