mutlos
[ˈmuːtloːs]
The verdict
“mutlos” is uncommon German (frequency #74,900 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #74,900
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ohne Zuversicht, niedergeschlagen, hoffnungslos
Corpus desk
Index DE-mutlos · mutlos · German
mutlos · rank #74,900 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #74,900
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mundlos
Nearest frequency peer: mundlos (-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 „mutlos“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Mullah
Mullah
25,104 corpus weight
- multimedial…
multimedialen
25,103 corpus weight
- mundlos
mundlos
25,102 corpus weight
- mutlos
mutlos
25,101 corpus weight
- Mylord
Mylord
25,100 corpus weight
- Mönchs
Mönchs
25,099 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „mutlos“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | mutlos |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ˈmuːtloːs] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #74,900 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „mutlos“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
mutlos is uncommon German at frequency #74,900 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmuːtloːs]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for mutlos in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is mutlos, spelled M-U-T-L-O-S.
Definition
- 1ohne Zuversicht, niedergeschlagen, hoffnungslos
- 2ohne Mut, feige, ängstlich
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how mutlos appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mutlos ließ sie den Kopf sinken.
Eine solche mut- und phantasielose Politik ist freilich bequem.
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.
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