musel
[ˈmʊsɛl]
The verdict
“musel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Maskulinum des Verbs muset
Corpus desk
Index DE-musel · musel · German
musel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | musel |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈmʊsɛl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „musel“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
musel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈmʊsɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for musel, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is musel, spelled M-U-S-E-L.
Definition
- 13. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Maskulinum des Verbs muset
- 2Partizip Aktiv Maskulinum Singular des Verbs muset
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.