Which to use
“mehr” is a pronoun and “Mühe” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #61
- “mehr” frequency rank
- #2,352
- “Mühe” frequency rank
- 2413
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mehr | Mühe |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | über viel hinausgehend; eine bestimmte Anzahl/Menge übersteigend | körperliche oder geistige Anstrengung |
Where the eye mixes mehr and Mühe
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mehr is [meːɐ̯] while Mühe is [ˈmyːə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2413, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mehr is recorded at frequency rank #61, classified as apron, pronounced [meːɐ̯]. Mühe is at rank #2,352, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmyːə].
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 2413, this pair ranks #2,002,411 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mehr vs Mühe
Shared letters: ehm. Private to "mehr": r. Private to "Mühe": ü.
"mehr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Mühe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mehr ← emhr · mehhr · mehrr · merh · mher · mmehr