Mullah

[ˈmʊla]

/[ˈmʊla]/ noun

The verdict

“Mullah” is uncommon German (frequency #74,897 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#74,897
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Titel für islamische Gelehrte

Corpus desk

Index DE-mullah · Mullah · German

Mullah · rank #74,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #74,897
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH multimedialen

Nearest frequency peer: multimedialen (+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 „Mullah“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mullah
PropertyValue
HeadwordMullah
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmʊla]
Letters6
Frequency rank#74,897
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mullah“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mullahfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „multimedialen“ (#74,898), „motorcycle“ (#74,895), „mundlos“ (#74,899). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mullah“ bei #74,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mullah is uncommon German at frequency #74,897 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊla]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for Mullah, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Mullah, spelled M-U-L-L-A-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    Titel für islamische Gelehrte
  2. 2
    Träger des Titels [1]

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Seine Gegner zweifeln an seiner Ausbildung zum Mullah und werfen ihm Analphabetismus und mangelnde Kenntnis des Islam vor.“
  2. „Und als Mönche und Mullahs für diese Woche zu einem gemeinsamen Friedensgebet in Mandelay aufriefen, für die Versöhnung zwischen den Religionen beten und vor der Gefahr einer Ausweitung des Konflikts über die Rakhine-Grenzen hinaus warnen wollten, verboten es ihnen die burmesischen Behörden kurzerhand.“

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 "Mullah"?
"Mullah" is spelled M-U-L-L-A-H. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʊla].
What does "Mullah" mean?
As a noun, "Mullah" means: Titel für islamische Gelehrte
How do you pronounce "Mullah"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mullah" is [ˈmʊla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mullah" come from?
"Mullah" 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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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list