Mulligan
[ˈmʌlɪɡən]
The verdict
“Mulligan” is uncommon German (frequency #67,531 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,531
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - straffreie Wiederholung des ersten Schlages, was im Turnier nicht erlaubt ist, aber bei rein privatem Spiel so vereinbart werden kann
Corpus desk
Index DE-mulligan · Mulligan · German
Mulligan · rank #67,531 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,531
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mud
Nearest frequency peer: mud (-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 „Mulligan“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Motorschaden
Motorschaden
32,475 corpus weight
- mud
mud
32,471 corpus weight
- Mulligan
Mulligan
32,470 corpus weight
- Murg
Murg
32,468 corpus weight
- Museumsdire…
Museumsdirektor
32,467 corpus weight
- Musikdirekt…
Musikdirektor
32,466 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mulligan“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| 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) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mulligan“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mulligan is uncommon German at frequency #67,531 among 3,571 “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
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mulligan appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Spielen wir unsere Runde mit oder ohne Mulligan?
Auch bei Sammelkartenspielen gibt es die straffreie Wiederholung, den Mulligan; je nach Regelwerk bringt das Neuziehen des erst gezogenen Blattes verschiedene Bestrafungen mit sich oder eben keine.
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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