MeldervsMöllerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Melder is a noun, Möller is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Melder” is a noun and “Möller” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,839
“Melder” frequency rank
#13,902
“Möller” frequency rank
60741
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Melder Möller
Definition Person oder technisches Gerät, die/das Meldung macht oder eine Information transportiert deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname

Where the eye mixes Melder and Möller

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Melder and Möller follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Melder
6 ch
Möller

Look-alike desk: Melder vs Möller

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Melder is [ˈmɛldɐ] while Möller is [ˈmœlɐ]. 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 (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Melder is recorded at frequency rank #46,839, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛldɐ]. Möller is at rank #13,902, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈmœlɐ].

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 60741, this pair ranks #775,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Melder vs Möller

Shared letters: elmr. Private to "Melder": d. Private to "Möller": ö.

"Melder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Möller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Melder ← emlder · medler · meldder · melderr · meldre · meledr · mellder · mleder

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Melder" and "Möller" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Melder" is a noun and "Möller" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Melder" vs "Möller" - which ranks higher?
"Möller" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,902 in our German list, against #46,839 for "Melder". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Melder" and "Möller" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Melder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Möller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #775,700 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Melder" and "Möller" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Melder vs murder". 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 #775,700 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