muesli
/ˈmjuːzli/
"muesli" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“muesli” is uncommon English (frequency #71,718 among 4,057 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #71,718
- frequency rank, English
- 4,057
- “M” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A breakfast dish based on uncooked rolled oats and fruit.
Corpus desk
Index EN-muesli · muesli · English
muesli · rank #71,718 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #71,718
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,057
- PHOTO-FINISH musicology
Nearest frequency peer: musicology (+2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Long-tail ranks near “muesli”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Moldavia
Moldavia
28,289 corpus weight
- Mostyn
Mostyn
28,286 corpus weight
- muesli
muesli
28,283 corpus weight
- musicology
musicology
28,281 corpus weight
- mutagen
mutagen
28,280 corpus weight
- Nagata
Nagata
28,278 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “muesli” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| 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) |
Long-tail rank of “muesli” in English
Rare enough to double-check
muesli is uncommon English at frequency #71,718 among 4,057 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈmjuːzli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "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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