Mulligan
[ˈmʌlɪɡən]
The verdict
“Mulligan” is uncommon German (frequency #67,531 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,531
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - straffreie Wiederholung des ersten Schlages, was im Turnier nicht erlaubt ist, aber bei rein privatem Spiel so vereinbart werden kann
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mulligan |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʌlɪɡən] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,531 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Mulligan” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Mulligan is uncommon German at frequency #67,531 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʌlɪɡən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "straffreie Wiederholung des ersten Schlages, was im Turnier nicht erlaubt ist, aber bei rein privatem Spiel so vereinbart werden kann".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Mulligan in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Mulligan, spelled M-U-L-L-I-G-A-N.
Definition
- 1straffreie Wiederholung des ersten Schlages, was im Turnier nicht erlaubt ist, aber bei rein privatem Spiel so vereinbart werden kann
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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Using “Mulligan”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-U-L-L-I-G-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmʌlɪɡən] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.