Mütterchen
[ˈmʏtɐçən]
The verdict
“Mütterchen” is uncommon German (frequency #77,095 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,095
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - weibliches Elternteil; eine Frau, welche Kinder geboren hat
Corpus desk
Index DE-mutterchen · Mütterchen · German
Mütterchen · rank #77,095 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,095
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Müllmann
Nearest frequency peer: Müllmann (-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 „Mütterchen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- mährisch
mährisch
22,911 corpus weight
- Mülhausen
Mülhausen
22,909 corpus weight
- Müllbeutel
Müllbeutel
22,908 corpus weight
- Müllmann
Müllmann
22,907 corpus weight
- Mütterchen
Mütterchen
22,906 corpus weight
- Nagoya
Nagoya
22,901 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Mütterchen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mütterchen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʏtɐçən] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #77,095 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Mütterchen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Mütterchen is uncommon German at frequency #77,095 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʏtɐçən]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Mütterchen in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Mütterchen, spelled M-Ü-T-T-E-R-C-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1weibliches Elternteil; eine Frau, welche Kinder geboren hat
- 2eine alte Frau
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mütterchen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
So überreichte er seinem Mütterchen zu ihrem Namenstag eine rosafarbene Rose.
„Dies alles kündete sie dem aufhorchenden und liebend ihre Hand in die ihre pressenden Mütterchen, das immer noch das teure Kind in Gefahr zu sehen glaubte und nicht von ihm lassen wollte, um es nicht aufs neue zu verlieren.“
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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