meutevsMinuteTell them apart

Which to use

“meute” and “Minute” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#28,764
“meute” frequency rank
#1,398
“Minute” frequency rank
30162
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meute Minute
Definition Gruppe zum gemeinsamen Jagen abgerichteter Hunde der 60. Teil einer Stunde

Where the eye mixes meute and Minute

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
meute
6 ch
Minute

Visual trap between meute and Minute

A purely visual mix-up. meute ([møːt]) and Minute ([miˈnuːtə]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30162, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meute is recorded at frequency rank #28,764, classified as anoun, pronounced [møːt]. Minute is at rank #1,398, tagged as anoun, pronounced [miˈnuːtə].

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 30162, this pair ranks #1,753,221 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of meute vs Minute

Shared letters: emtu. Private to "meute": -. Private to "Minute": in.

"meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Minute" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meuteemute · metue · meuet · meutte · mmeute · muete
  • Minuteimnute · minnute · mintue · minuet · minutte · miunte · mminute · mniute

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "meute" and "Minute" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([møːt] versus [miˈnuːtə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "meute" vs "Minute" - which ranks higher?
"Minute" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,398 in our German list, against #28,764 for "meute". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Minute" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,753,221 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meute" and "Minute" 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 #1,753,221 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