Which to use
“meinte” is a verb and “meute” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,165
- “meinte” frequency rank
- #28,764
- “meute” frequency rank
- 29929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meinte | meute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs meinen | Gruppe zum gemeinsamen Jagen abgerichteter Hunde |
Where the eye mixes meinte and meute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meinte runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against meute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meinte and meute
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meinte is [ˈmaɪ̯ntə] while meute is [møːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meinte is recorded at frequency rank #1,165, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯ntə]. 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 29929, this pair ranks #1,757,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meinte vs meute
Shared letters: emt. Private to "meinte": in. Private to "meute": u.
"meinte" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meinte" and "meute" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "meinte" or "meute" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meinte" 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 #1,757,607 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meinte" and "meute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mette vs meute". 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 #1,757,607 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.