Musselin
[mʊsəˈliːn]
The verdict
“Musselin” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - „feines, locker gewebtes [Baum]wollgewebe“
Corpus desk
Index DE-musselin · Musselin · German
Musselin · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Musselin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [mʊsəˈliːn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Musselin“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Musselin is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [mʊsəˈliːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "„feines, locker gewebtes [Baum]wollgewebe“".
Musselin has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Musselin, spelled M-U-S-S-E-L-I-N.
Definition
- 1„feines, locker gewebtes [Baum]wollgewebe“
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Musselin appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Wir hatten neben anderen Waren vor allem zweiundvierzig Ballen indische Stoffe der verschiedensten Art, wie Seiden, Musseline und feine Chintze, bei uns, dazu fünfzehn Ballen sehr kostbare chinesische Seiden und siebzig Bündel oder Ballen Gewürze, insbesondere Nelken und Muskatnüsse.“
„Das übrige erriet ich, denn die zarten Falten des Musselins konnten mir nur die lebende Oberfläche verbergen.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.