Mülhausen

[myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩]

/[myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩]/ name

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

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mülhausen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mülhausen
PropertyValue
HeadwordMülhausen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩]
Letters9
Frequency rank#77,092
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mülhausen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Mülhausenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Müllbeutel“ (#77,093), „mährisch“ (#77,090), „Müllmann“ (#77,094). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mülhausen“ bei #77,092. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    französische Stadt im Oberelsass

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Mülhausen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Von 1870 bis 1919 gehörte Mülhausen zu Deutschland respektive dem Deutschen Kaiserreich.
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mülhausen"?
"Mülhausen" is spelled M-Ü-L-H-A-U-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩].
What does "Mülhausen" mean?
As a proper noun, "Mülhausen" means: französische Stadt im Oberelsass
How do you pronounce "Mülhausen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mülhausen" is [myːlˈhaʊ̯zn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mülhausen" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mülhausen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list