mevsmuTell them apart

Quick tell: me is a abbrev, mu is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“me” is an abbrev and “mu” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,980
“me” frequency rank
#18,336
“mu” frequency rank
20316
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature me mu
Definition meines Erachtens Genitiv Singular des Personalpronomens mina

Letter map: me vs mu

Shared letters muted; letters that set me and mu apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
me
2 ch
mu

Role in the sentence - me and mu

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: me is anabbrev and muanunknown. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “me” becomes u in “mu”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20316, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

me is recorded at frequency rank #1,980, classified as anabbrev. mu is at rank #18,336, tagged as anunknown, 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 20316, this pair ranks #1,899,044 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of me vs mu

Shared letters: m. Private to "me": e. Private to "mu": u.

"me" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "mu" · 2 letters · shape CV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "me" and "mu" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "me" is an abbrev and "mu" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "me" or "mu"?
"me" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,980 in our German list, against #18,336 for "mu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "me" vs "mu" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "me" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mu" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,899,044 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "me" and "mu" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mu vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,899,044 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