Which to use
“maiden” is a noun and “müden” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,670
- “maiden” frequency rank
- #27,858
- “müden” frequency rank
- 70528
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maiden | müden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Maid, die Magd | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs müde |
Letter map: maiden vs müden
Shared letters muted; letters that set maiden and müden apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for maiden / müden
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maiden is anoun and müdenanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maiden is recorded at frequency rank #42,670, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. müden is at rank #27,858, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmyːdn̩].
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 70528, this pair ranks #443,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maiden vs müden
Shared letters: demn. Private to "maiden": ai. Private to "müden": ü.
"maiden" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "müden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maiden ← amiden · madien · maidden · maidenn · maidne · maiedn · miaden · mmaiden
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "maiden" and "müden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "maiden" or "müden" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "maiden" vs "müden" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "maiden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "müden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #443,629 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maiden" and "müden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maiden 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 #443,629 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.