Mütze

/[ˈmʏt͡sə]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,242

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Mütze is aGermannoun. It means: eng den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung mit und ohne Schirm, meist aus sehr weichem Material Pronounced [ˈmʏt͡sə]. It ranks #9,242 in German word frequency. Often confused with Mützen and Mut.

Key facts for Mütze
PropertyValue
HeadwordMütze
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmʏt͡sə]
Letters5
Frequency rank#9,242
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Mütze in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Mütze is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈmʏt͡sə]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,242 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "eng den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung mit und ohne Schirm, meist aus sehr weichem Material".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mütze, with forms such as "mmütze", "mtüze", and "mütez". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mützen", "Mut", "Mühe", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Mütze, spelled M-Ü-T-Z-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    eng den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung mit und ohne Schirm, meist aus sehr weichem Material

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: mmütze,mtüze,mütez,müttze,mützze,müzte,ümtze

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Mütze

Misspelling Variants of "Mütze"

mmütze6mtüze5mütez5müttze6mützze6müzte5ümtze5
Misspelling Variants of "Mütze"

Frequency rank: #9,242 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Mütze"?
"Mütze" is spelled M-Ü-T-Z-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmʏt͡sə].
What does "Mütze" mean?
As a noun, "Mütze" means: eng den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung mit und ohne Schirm, meist aus sehr weichem Material
What words are commonly confused with "Mütze"?
"Mütze" is commonly confused with "Mützen", "Mut", "Mühe". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Mütze"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Mütze" is [ˈmʏt͡sə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Mütze" come from?
"Mütze" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.