mukös
[muˈkøːs]
The verdict
“mukös” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - in der Schleimhaut, schleimig, schleimbildend
Corpus desk
Index DE-mukos · mukös · German
mukös · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mukös |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [muˈkøːs] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mukös“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mukös is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed [muˈkøːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "in der Schleimhaut, schleimig, schleimbildend".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for mukös, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored 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 mukös, spelled M-U-K-Ö-S.
Definition
- 1in der Schleimhaut, schleimig, schleimbildend
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mukös appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Hierbei sollte darauf geachtet werden, ob der Schleim nur mukös oder durch einen Infekt stark purulent ist.
Je nach sezernierender Drüse ist der dort gebildete Speichel eher serös (wässrig) oder eher mukös (schleimig).
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.