meutevsmutetWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: meute is a noun, mutet is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“meute” is a noun and “mutet” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,764
“meute” frequency rank
#39,536
“mutet” frequency rank
68300
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meute mutet
Definition Gruppe zum gemeinsamen Jagen abgerichteter Hunde 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs muten

Where the eye mixes meute and mutet

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

5 ch
meute
5 ch
mutet

Why the eye confuses meute with mutet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meute is [møːt] while mutet is [ˈmuːtət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68300, 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]. mutet is at rank #39,536, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmuːtət].

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 68300, this pair ranks #512,209 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meute vs mutet

Shared letters: emtu. Private to "meute": -. Private to "mutet": -.

"meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "mutet" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meuteemute · metue · meuet · meutte · mmeute · muete
  • mutetmmutet · mtuet · muett · mutett · mutte · muttet · umtet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meute" and "mutet" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meute" is a noun and "mutet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "meute" or "mutet" show up more?
"meute" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #28,764 in our German list, against #39,536 for "mutet". 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 "meute" and "mutet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meute" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mutet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #512,209 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meute" and "mutet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mietet vs mutet". 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 #512,209 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