Musketier

[mʊskeˈtiːɐ̯]

/[mʊskeˈtiːɐ̯]/ noun

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The verdict

“Musketier” is uncommon German (frequency #81,900 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,900
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - schwer bewaffneter Fußsoldat des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, später ein Dienstgrad

Corpus desk

Index DE-musketier · Musketier · German

Musketier · rank #81,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,900
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Muskelfaserri…

Nearest frequency peer: Muskelfaserriss (-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 „Musketier“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Musketier
PropertyValue
HeadwordMusketier
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[mʊskeˈtiːɐ̯]
Letters9
Frequency rank#81,900
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Musketier“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Musketierfällt 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: „Muskelfaserriss“ (#81,899), „mutierten“ (#81,901), „Müsliriegel“ (#81,902). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Musketier“ bei #81,900. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Musketier is uncommon German at frequency #81,900 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [mʊskeˈtiːɐ̯]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Musketier, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Musketier, spelled M-U-S-K-E-T-I-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    schwer bewaffneter Fußsoldat des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, später ein Dienstgrad
  2. 2
    Mitglied der Leibwache des französischen Königs im 17. und 18. Jahrhundert
  3. 3
    niedrigster Dienstgrad in der preußischen und württembergischen Infanterie bis 1918

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Auf den Flügeln waren Reiter und Gruppen von Musketieren aufgestellt.“
  2. „Die Derrièregarde (Nachhut) aus 800 kaiserlichen Musketieren, 1.500 Reitern übergab Melander dem bewährten Feldmarschallleutnant Grafen Montecuculi.“

Antonyms

FüsilierGrenadierHellebardierJägerPikenier

This word in other languages

musketeer(English)mosquetero(Español)mousquetaire(Français)

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 "Musketier"?
"Musketier" is spelled M-U-S-K-E-T-I-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [mʊskeˈtiːɐ̯].
What does "Musketier" mean?
As a noun, "Musketier" means: schwer bewaffneter Fußsoldat des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts, später ein Dienstgrad
How do you pronounce "Musketier"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Musketier" is [mʊskeˈtiːɐ̯]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Musketier" come from?
"Musketier" 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 "Musketier", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mutierten#81,901Nachbeben#81,904Naturelle#81,916Obernburg#81,941

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list