# Maut vs must

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Maut
*noun · IPA [maʊ̯t] · frequency rank #8,753*
Zoll

### must
*verb · IPA [muːst] · frequency rank #11,712*
2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs musen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/maut-vs-must