Which to use
“Mette” and “meute” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,587
- “Mette” frequency rank
- #28,764
- “meute” frequency rank
- 76351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mette | meute |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | christliche Liturgie, die spätabends, nachts oder frühmorgens stattfindet | Gruppe zum gemeinsamen Jagen abgerichteter Hunde |
Where the eye mixes Mette and meute
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Mette (CVCCV) and meute (CVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between Mette and meute
A purely visual mix-up. Mette ([ˈmɛtə]) and meute ([møːt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - t in “Mette” becomes u in “meute”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mette is recorded at frequency rank #47,587, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛtə]. 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 76351, this pair ranks #285,899 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Mette vs meute
Shared letters: emt. Private to "Mette": -. Private to "meute": u.
"Mette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Mette" and "meute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Mette" or "meute"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Mette" and "meute" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mette" 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 #285,899 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mette" and "meute" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Matze vs Mette". 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 #285,899 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.