Muskatnuss

[mʊsˈkaːtˌnʊs]

/[mʊsˈkaːtˌnʊs]/ noun

The verdict

“Muskatnuss” is uncommon German (frequency #68,500 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#68,500
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Samen des Muskatnussbaumes (Myristica fragrans)

Corpus desk

Index DE-muskatnuss · Muskatnuss · German

Muskatnuss · rank #68,500 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #68,500
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Musikinstrume…

Nearest frequency peer: Musikinstrumenten (-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 „Muskatnuss“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Muskatnuss
PropertyValue
HeadwordMuskatnuss
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mʊsˈkaːtˌnʊs]
Letters10
Frequency rank#68,500
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Muskatnuss“ im Deutschen

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

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Musikinstrumenten“ (#68,499), „mögest“ (#68,501), „Müllkippe“ (#68,503). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Muskatnuss“ bei #68,500. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Muskatnuss is uncommon German at frequency #68,500 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mʊsˈkaːtˌnʊs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Samen des Muskatnussbaumes (Myristica fragrans)".

No misspelling variants are generated for Muskatnuss in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Muskatnuss, spelled M-U-S-K-A-T-N-U-S-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Samen des Muskatnussbaumes (Myristica fragrans)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Muskatnuss appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Muskatnuss wird gerieben als Gewürz verwendet.
  2. „Zusammen hatten sie achtunddreißig Tonnen Nelken und fünf oder sechs Tonnen Muskatnüsse sowie ebensoviel Zimt an Bord.“

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Muskatnuss"?
"Muskatnuss" is spelled M-U-S-K-A-T-N-U-S-S. The IPA pronunciation is [mʊsˈkaːtˌnʊs].
What does "Muskatnuss" mean?
As a noun, "Muskatnuss" means: Samen des Muskatnussbaumes (Myristica fragrans)
How do you pronounce "Muskatnuss"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Muskatnuss" is [mʊsˈkaːtˌnʊs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Muskatnuss" come from?
"Muskatnuss" 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 "Muskatnuss", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list