Which to use
“merkte” is a verb and “meute” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,596
- “merkte” frequency rank
- #28,764
- “meute” frequency rank
- 37360
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | merkte | meute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs merken | Gruppe zum gemeinsamen Jagen abgerichteter Hunde |
Where the eye mixes merkte and meute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. merkte runs 6 letters (CVCCCV) against meute's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: merkte vs meute
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: merkte is [ˈmɛʁktə] 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 37360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
merkte is recorded at frequency rank #8,596, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmɛʁktə]. 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 37360, this pair ranks #1,592,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of merkte vs meute
Shared letters: emt. Private to "merkte": kr. Private to "meute": u.
"merkte" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "merkte" for "meute" ever safe?
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What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "merkte" and "meute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "merkte" 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 #1,592,280 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "merkte" 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 #1,592,280 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.