Muschelkalk
[ˈmʊʃl̩ˌkalk]
The verdict
“Muschelkalk” is uncommon German (frequency #50,737 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #50,737
- frequency rank, German
- 44,424
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Sedimentgestein, das sich in der Mitteltrias abgelagert hat
| 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) |
Where “Muschelkalk” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Muschelkalk is uncommon German at frequency #50,737 among 44,424 “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
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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 “Muschelkalk”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is M-U-S-C-H-E-L-K-A-L-K - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈmʊʃl̩ˌkalk] (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
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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.