Muskel

/[ˈmʊskl̩]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,207

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

18

similar word pairs

Muskel is aGermannoun. It means: Organ, welches durch die Abfolge von Kontraktion und Erschlaffen innere und äußere Strukturen des Organismus bewegen kann Pronounced [ˈmʊskl̩]. Often confused with müsse and müssen.

Key facts for Muskel
PropertyValue
HeadwordMuskel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmʊskl̩]
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,207
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Muskel is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmʊskl̩]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,207 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Organ, welches durch die Abfolge von Kontraktion und Erschlaffen innere und äußere Strukturen des Organismus bewegen kann".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for Muskel, with forms such as "mmuskel", "msukel", and "muksel". 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 18 confusable-pair relationships, "müsse", "müssen", "Muster", 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 Muskel, spelled M-U-S-K-E-L, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Organ, welches durch die Abfolge von Kontraktion und Erschlaffen innere und äußere Strukturen des Organismus bewegen kann

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmuskel,msukel,muksel,musekl,muskell,muskkel,muskle,musskel,umskel

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Muskel

Misspelling Variants of "Muskel"

mmuskel7msukel6muksel6musekl6muskell7muskkel7muskle6musskel7
Misspelling Variants of "Muskel"

Frequency rank: #13,207 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Muskel"?
"Muskel" is spelled M-U-S-K-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʊskl̩].
What does "Muskel" mean?
As a noun, "Muskel" means: Organ, welches durch die Abfolge von Kontraktion und Erschlaffen innere und äußere Strukturen des Organismus bewegen kann
What words are commonly confused with "Muskel"?
"Muskel" is commonly confused with "müsse", "müssen", "Muster". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Muskel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Muskel" is [ˈmʊskl̩]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Muskel" come from?
"Muskel" 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.