Muttermal
[ˈmuːtɐˌmaːl]
The verdict
“Muttermal” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - gutartige, meist pigmentierter Fleck der Haut
Corpus desk
Index DE-muttermal · Muttermal · German
Muttermal · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 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 | Muttermal |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmuːtɐˌmaːl] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Muttermal“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Muttermal is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmuːtɐˌmaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gutartige, meist pigmentierter Fleck der Haut".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Muttermal, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Muttermal, spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-M-A-L.
Definition
- 1gutartige, meist pigmentierter Fleck der Haut
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Muttermal appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auch dunkle Muttermale sind meist gutartig.
„Mir gegenüber sitzt ein Mädchen mit Muttermalen an den Beinen, die die Farbe von Trauben haben.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.