Mülhausen
[myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩]
The verdict
“Mülhausen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,092 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,092
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - französische Stadt im Oberelsass
Corpus desk
Index DE-mulhausen · Mülhausen · German
Mülhausen · rank #77,092 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,092
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Müllbeutel
Nearest frequency peer: Müllbeutel (+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 „Mülhausen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- muskulöse
muskulöse
22,913 corpus weight
- mährisch
mährisch
22,911 corpus weight
- Mülhausen
Mülhausen
22,909 corpus weight
- Müllbeutel
Müllbeutel
22,908 corpus weight
- Müllmann
Müllmann
22,907 corpus weight
- Mütterchen
Mütterchen
22,906 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mülhausen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mülhausen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #77,092 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mülhausen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mülhausen is uncommon German at frequency #77,092 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "französische Stadt im Oberelsass".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Mülhausen, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mülhausen, spelled M-Ü-L-H-A-U-S-E-N.
Definition
- 1französische Stadt im Oberelsass
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mülhausen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Von 1870 bis 1919 gehörte Mülhausen zu Deutschland respektive dem Deutschen Kaiserreich.
Durch die deutsche Besetzung Frankreichs im zweiten Weltkrieg gehörte Mühlhausen für wenige Jahre wieder zu Deutschland.
This word in other languages
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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