muskulös

[mʊskuˈløːs]

/[mʊskuˈløːs]/ adj

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The verdict

“muskulös” is uncommon German (frequency #58,110 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#58,110
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kräftige Muskeln habend

Corpus desk

Index DE-muskulos · muskulös · German

muskulös · rank #58,110 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #58,110
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Musikinstrume…

Nearest frequency peer: Musikinstrument (-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 „muskulös“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for muskulös
PropertyValue
Headwordmuskulös
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[mʊskuˈløːs]
Letters8
Frequency rank#58,110
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „muskulös“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).muskulösfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Musikinstrument“ (#58,109), „Málaga“ (#58,111), „Mundpropaganda“ (#58,108). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „muskulös“ bei #58,110. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

muskulös is uncommon German at frequency #58,110 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [mʊskuˈløːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kräftige Muskeln habend".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for muskulös, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is muskulös, spelled M-U-S-K-U-L-Ö-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    kräftige Muskeln habend

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Sie hat vom Radfahren muskulöse Schenkel bekommen.
  2. Viele Männer und Frauen rennen heute ins Sportstudio: beide wollen gut aussehen, die Männer muskulös, die Frauen sehnig schlank.

Antonyms

schmächtigschwachschwächlich

This word in other languages

muscular(English)musculoso(Español)musclé(Français)musculoso(Português)

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 "muskulös"?
"muskulös" is spelled M-U-S-K-U-L-Ö-S. The IPA pronunciation is [mʊskuˈløːs].
What does "muskulös" mean?
As an adjective, "muskulös" means: kräftige Muskeln habend
How do you pronounce "muskulös"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "muskulös" is [mʊskuˈløːs]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "muskulös" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

messages#58,090maverick#58,085Lämpchen#58,065Pazifist#58,160

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list