Mutant

[muˈtant]

/[muˈtant]/ noun

The verdict

“Mutant” is uncommon German (frequency #57,258 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,258
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Individuum mit durch Mutation verändertem Erbgut

Corpus desk

Index DE-mutant · Mutant · German

Mutant · rank #57,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #57,258
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Mutprobe

Nearest frequency peer: Mutprobe (+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 „Mutant“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Mutant
PropertyValue
HeadwordMutant
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[muˈtant]
Letters6
Frequency rank#57,258
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Mutant“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Mutantfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Mutprobe“ (#57,259), „Musikgruppe“ (#57,256), „Multiplikatoren“ (#57,255). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Mutant“ bei #57,258. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Mutant is uncommon German at frequency #57,258 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [muˈtant]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for Mutant in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Mutant, spelled M-U-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Individuum mit durch Mutation verändertem Erbgut
  2. 2
    (Chor-)Knabe im Stimmwechsel

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Immerhin kämpft Professor X für das friedliche Zusammenleben von Menschen und Mutanten, also Menschen mit besonderem Gencode und daraus resultierenden besonderen Fähigkeiten, die von den ‚Normalen‘ oft gefürchtet oder gar gehasst werden.“
  2. „Allerdings mindert die Bestrahlung auch Fitness und Überlebensfähigkeit der Mutanten, sodass oft doch wilde Männchen zum Zuge kommen.“

Synonyms

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 "Mutant"?
"Mutant" is spelled M-U-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is [muˈtant].
What does "Mutant" mean?
As a noun, "Mutant" means: Individuum mit durch Mutation verändertem Erbgut
How do you pronounce "Mutant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mutant" is [muˈtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mutant" come from?
"Mutant" 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 "Mutant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list