Which to use
“meets” is a verb and “meute” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,844
- “meets” frequency rank
- #28,764
- “meute” frequency rank
- 56608
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meets | meute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meet | Gruppe zum gemeinsamen Jagen abgerichteter Hunde |
Letter map: meets vs meute
Shared letters muted; letters that set meets and meute apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - meets and meute
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meets is averb and meuteanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meets is recorded at frequency rank #27,844, classified as averb, pronounced […]. meute is at rank #28,764, tagged as anoun, pronounced [møːt].
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 56608, this pair ranks #933,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meets vs meute
Shared letters: emt. Private to "meets": s. Private to "meute": u.
"meets" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meets" and "meute" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "meets" or "meute" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "meets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #933,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meets" and "meute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meets 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 #933,749 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.