Muttermund
[ˈmʊtɐˌmʊnt]
The verdict
“Muttermund” is uncommon German (frequency #93,328 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,328
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Öffnung der Gebärmutter zur Gebärmutterhöhle oder zur Vagina (bei Frauen und weiblichen Säugetieren)
Corpus desk
Index DE-muttermund · Muttermund · German
Muttermund · rank #93,328 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,328
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Muskelfasern
Nearest frequency peer: Muskelfasern (-2 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 „Muttermund“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- multilatera…
multilaterale
6,677 corpus weight
- Muskelfasern
Muskelfasern
6,675 corpus weight
- Muttermund
Muttermund
6,673 corpus weight
- mörderischer
mörderischer
6,671 corpus weight
- Mühlenberg
Mühlenberg
6,670 corpus weight
- Müllmänner
Müllmänner
6,669 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Muttermund“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Muttermund |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊtɐˌmʊnt] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,328 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Muttermund“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Muttermund is uncommon German at frequency #93,328 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmʊtɐˌmʊnt]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Öffnung der Gebärmutter zur Gebärmutterhöhle oder zur Vagina (bei Frauen und weiblichen Säugetieren)".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Muttermund, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, 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 Muttermund, spelled M-U-T-T-E-R-M-U-N-D.
Definition
- 1Öffnung der Gebärmutter zur Gebärmutterhöhle oder zur Vagina (bei Frauen und weiblichen Säugetieren)
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Muttermund appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
An der Größe des Muttermundes erkennt man, wann die Geburt bevorsteht.
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.
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