energyvsmigrosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: energy is a noun, migros is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“energy” is a noun and “migros” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,353
“energy” frequency rank
#32,671
“migros” frequency rank
41024
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature energy migros
Definition Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs migri

Letter map: energy vs migros

Shared letters muted; letters that set energy and migros apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. energy (VCVCCV) and migros (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
energy
6 ch
migros

Role in the sentence - energy and migros

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: energy is anoun and migrosaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41024, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

energy is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. migros is at rank #32,671, tagged as averb, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 41024, this pair ranks #1,491,478 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of energy vs migros

Shared letters: gr. Private to "energy": eny. Private to "migros": imos.

"energy" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "migros" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • energyeenrgy · enegry · energgy · energyy · enerrgy · eneryg · ennergy · enregy
  • migrosimgros · mgiros · miggros · migors · migross · migrros · migrso · mirgos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "energy" for "migros" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "energy" is a noun and "migros" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "energy" or "migros"?
"energy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,353 in our German list, against #32,671 for "migros". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "energy" and "migros".

  • Full dictionary entry for "energy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "migros" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,491,478 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "energy" and "migros" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "migros vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,491,478 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list