Museum

/[muˈzeːʊm]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#1,673

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

Museum is aGermannoun. It means: eine Einrichtung zur thematischen Forschung und Archivierung, der präsentierten Aufbereitung und Ausstellung ausgewählter Ausstellungsstücke für die Öffentlichkeit mit meist pädagogischem Anspruch Pronounced [muˈzeːʊm]. It ranks #1,673 in German word frequency. Often confused with Muslim and museums.

Key facts for Museum
PropertyValue
HeadwordMuseum
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muˈzeːʊm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#1,673
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Museum in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Museum is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [muˈzeːʊm]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,673 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eine Einrichtung zur thematischen Forschung und Archivierung, der präsentierten Aufbereitung und Ausstellung ausgewählter Ausstellungsstücke für die Öffentlichkeit mit meist pädagogischem Anspruch".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for Museum, with forms such as "mmuseum", "msueum", and "muesum". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "Muslim", "museums", "Muse", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Museum, spelled M-U-S-E-U-M, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Einrichtung zur thematischen Forschung und Archivierung, der präsentierten Aufbereitung und Ausstellung ausgewählter Ausstellungsstücke für die Öffentlichkeit mit meist pädagogischem Anspruch

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmuseum,msueum,muesum,musemu,museumm,musseum,musuem,umseum

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Museum

Misspelling Variants of "Museum"

mmuseum7msueum6muesum6musemu6museumm7musseum7musuem6umseum6
Misspelling Variants of "Museum"

Frequency rank: #1,673 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Museum"?
"Museum" is spelled M-U-S-E-U-M. The IPA pronunciation is [muˈzeːʊm].
What does "Museum" mean?
As a noun, "Museum" means: eine Einrichtung zur thematischen Forschung und Archivierung, der präsentierten Aufbereitung und Ausstellung ausgewählter Ausstellungsstücke für die Öffentlichkeit mit meist pädagogischem Anspruch
What words are commonly confused with "Museum"?
"Museum" is commonly confused with "Muslim", "museums", "Muse". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Museum"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Museum" is [muˈzeːʊm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Museum" come from?
"Museum" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.