Musen

[ˈmuːzn̩]

/[ˈmuːzn̩]/ noun

The verdict

“Musen” is uncommon German (frequency #50,738 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,738
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mus

Corpus desk

Index DE-musen · Musen · German

Musen · rank #50,738 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,738
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Muschelkalk

Nearest frequency peer: Muschelkalk (-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 „Musen“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Musen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Musen
PropertyValue
HeadwordMusen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmuːzn̩]
Letters5
Frequency rank#50,738
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Musen“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Musenfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Muschelkalk“ (#50,737), „mulmig“ (#50,736), „müder“ (#50,740). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Musen“ bei #50,738. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Musen is uncommon German at frequency #50,738 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmuːzn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mus".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Musen, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 Musen, spelled M-U-S-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mus

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Musen"?
"Musen" is spelled M-U-S-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmuːzn̩].
What does "Musen" mean?
As a noun, "Musen" means: Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mus
How do you pronounce "Musen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Musen" is [ˈmuːzn̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Musen" come from?
"Musen" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Musen", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list