müht

[myːt]

/[myːt]/ verb

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The verdict

“müht” is uncommon German (frequency #78,317 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,317
frequency rank, German
44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mühen

Key facts for müht
PropertyValue
Headwordmüht
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[myːt]
Letters4
Frequency rank#78,317
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “müht” 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). müht lands here:

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

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

Rare enough to double-check

müht is uncommon German at frequency #78,317 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [myːt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for müht, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is müht, spelled M-Ü-H-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mühen
  2. 2
    2. Person Plural Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mühen
  3. 3
    2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mühen

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 "müht"?
"müht" is spelled M-Ü-H-T. The IPA pronunciation is [myːt].
What does "müht" mean?
As a verb, "müht" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mühen
How do you pronounce "müht"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "müht" is [myːt]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "müht" come from?
"müht" 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 “müht”

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

  • The one correct German spelling is M-Ü-H-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [myːt] (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