meutevsMützeWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#28,764
“meute” frequency rank
#9,242
“Mütze” frequency rank
38006
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meute Mütze
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Where the eye mixes meute and Mütze

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
meute
5 ch
Mütze

Look-alike desk: meute vs Mütze

A purely visual mix-up. meute ([møːt]) and Mütze ([ˈmʏt͡sə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38006, 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]. Mütze is at rank #9,242, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʏt͡sə].

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 38006, this pair ranks #1,575,350 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of meute vs Mütze

Shared letters: emt. Private to "meute": u. Private to "Mütze": .

"meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Mütze" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meuteemute · metue · meuet · meutte · mmeute · muete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "meute" and "Mütze" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([møːt] versus [ˈmʏt͡sə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "meute" or "Mütze"?
"Mütze" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,242 in our German list, against #28,764 for "meute". 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 "Mütze" 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 "Mütze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,575,350 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meute" and "Mütze" 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 #1,575,350 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