Muschelkalk
[ˈmʊʃl̩ˌkalk]
The verdict
“Muschelkalk” is uncommon German (frequency #50,737 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,737
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sedimentgestein, das sich in der Mitteltrias abgelagert hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-muschelkalk · Muschelkalk · German
Muschelkalk · rank #50,737 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #50,737
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mulmig
Nearest frequency peer: mulmig (-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 „Muschelkalk“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Motorik
Motorik
49,268 corpus weight
- motorisierte
motorisierte
49,267 corpus weight
- mulmig
mulmig
49,265 corpus weight
- Muschelkalk
Muschelkalk
49,264 corpus weight
- Musen
Musen
49,263 corpus weight
- müder
müder
49,261 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Muschelkalk“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Muschelkalk |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊʃl̩ˌkalk] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #50,737 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Muschelkalk“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Muschelkalk is uncommon German at frequency #50,737 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊʃl̩ˌkalk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for Muschelkalk in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Muschelkalk, spelled M-U-S-C-H-E-L-K-A-L-K.
Definition
- 1Sedimentgestein, das sich in der Mitteltrias abgelagert hat
- 2mittlere Abteilung der Trias
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Muschelkalk appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Kirche wurde aus Muschelkalk und Buntsandstein gebaut.
Der Muschelkalk überlagert den Buntsandstein und wird seinerseits vom Keuper überlagert.
Antonyms
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.
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