Müßiggang
\ˈmyːsɪçɡaŋ\
The verdict
“Müßiggang” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Oisiveté, fainéantise.
Corpus desk
Index FR-mu-iggang · Müßiggang · French
Müßiggang · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Müßiggang |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ˈmyːsɪçɡaŋ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
Müßiggang is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ˈmyːsɪçɡaŋ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Oisiveté, fainéantise.".
Müßiggang doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Müßiggang, spelled M-Ü-S-S-I-G-G-A-N-G.
Definition
- 1Oisiveté, fainéantise.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Müßiggang appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sein Leben bestand nur noch aus Müßiggang.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.