muesli
/ˈmjuːzli/
"muesli" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muesli” is an uncommon English word, ranked #71,718 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #71,718
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | muesli |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈmjuːzli/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #71,718 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “muesli” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for muesli is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈmjuːzli/. Corpus data places it at rank #71,718 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.".
muesli has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Alemannic German Müesli, a diminutive of Mues (“a mashed dish”); compare Dutch moes. The correct English form is muesli, spelled M-U-E-S-L-I.
Definition
- 1A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.
Etymology
From Alemannic German Müesli, a diminutive of Mues (“a mashed dish”); compare Dutch moes.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “muesli”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is M-U-E-S-L-I - 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.