Müller-Thurgau
[ˈmʏlɐ ˈtʊʁɡaʊ̯]
The verdict
“Müller-Thurgau” is outside the top-ranked German vocabulary, used as a noun - the kind of word writers most often double-check.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 14
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - weiße Rebsorte, die heute auch in Deutschland aus Marketinggründen vielfach Rivaner genannt wird. Sie wurde 1882 von dem Schweizer Rebforscher Hermann Müller an der Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim im ...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Müller-Thurgau |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʏlɐ ˈtʊʁɡaʊ̯] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Müller-Thurgau” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Müller-Thurgau is 14 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmʏlɐ ˈtʊʁɡaʊ̯]. It sits outside the most-frequent rank tiers, which is often why uncommon words generate more spelling variants per reader. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Müller-Thurgau has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Müller-Thurgau, spelled M-Ü-L-L-E-R---T-H-U-R-G-A-U.
Definition
- 1weiße Rebsorte, die heute auch in Deutschland aus Marketinggründen vielfach Rivaner genannt wird. Sie wurde 1882 von dem Schweizer Rebforscher Hermann Müller an der Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim im Rheingau gezüchtet.
- 2Wein, der aus Trauben der Rebsorte Müller-Thurgau hergestellt wird
Synonyms
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.
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Using “Müller-Thurgau”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-Ü-L-L-E-R---T-H-U-R-G-A-U - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmʏlɐ ˈtʊʁɡaʊ̯] (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
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.