Mutti
[ˈmʊti]
The verdict
“Mutti” has 5 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #7,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,645
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Koseform zu Mutter
Corpus desk
Index DE-mutti · Mutti · German
Mutti · rank #7,645 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,645
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH Osteuropa
Nearest frequency peer: Osteuropa (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Mutti”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- Läufer
Läufer
92,360 corpus weight
- Mafia
Mafia
92,359 corpus weight
- Mutti
Mutti
92,356 corpus weight
- Osteuropa
Osteuropa
92,355 corpus weight
- PEGIDA
PEGIDA
92,354 corpus weight
- Pornos
Pornos
92,353 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Mutti” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mutti |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmʊti] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #7,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Wo “Mutti” in der deutschen Häufigkeit sitzt
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Mutti (IPA [ˈmʊti]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,645 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Koseform zu Mutter".
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mutti, with forms such as "mmutti", "mtuti", and "muti". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mütze", "Muttis", "Mut", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Mutti, spelled M-U-T-T-I.
Definition
- 1Koseform zu Mutter
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Mutti appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Mutti war denn auch das Wort der vergangenen Woche, in der Angela Merkels zweite Kanzlerschaft begann.“
„Nicht, dass Marc oder ich eine bräuchten, aber Muttis sind nun einmal Muttis.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmutti
- mtuti
- muti
- mutit
- umtti
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mutti - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Mutti", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Mutti". Here's where to go from here.
- "Mutti" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "Mütze". View pair
- 5 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #7,645 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "M" letter cohort. M–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.