mutwillige

Name: mutwillige, German Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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[ˈmuːtˌvɪlɪɡə]

/[ˈmuːtˌvɪlɪɡə]/ adj

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“mutwillige” is uncommon German (frequency #90,662 among 44,424 “M” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,662
frequency rank, German: 44,424
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig

Key facts for mutwillige
Property	Value
Headword	mutwillige
Language	German
Part of speech	Adjective
IPA	[ˈmuːtˌvɪlɪɡə]
Letters	10
Frequency rank	#90,662
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “mutwillige” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). mutwillige lands here:

#90,662

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

mutwillige is uncommon German at frequency #90,662 among 44,424 “M” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ˈmuːtˌvɪlɪɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 9 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for mutwillige, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is mutwillige, spelled M-U-T-W-I-L-L-I-G-E.

Definition

1
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
2
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
3
Nominativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
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Akkusativ Plural alle Genera der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
5
Nominativ Singular alle Genera der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
6
Akkusativ Singular Femininum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
7
Akkusativ Singular Neutrum der schwachen Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
8
Nominativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig
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Akkusativ Singular Femininum der gemischten Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "mutwillige"?

"mutwillige" is spelled M-U-T-W-I-L-L-I-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmuːtˌvɪlɪɡə].

What does "mutwillige" mean?

As an adjective, "mutwillige" means: Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mutwillig

How do you pronounce "mutwillige"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "mutwillige" is [ˈmuːtˌvɪlɪɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "mutwillige" come from?

"mutwillige" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.

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Using “mutwillige”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct German spelling is M-U-T-W-I-L-L-I-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.