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 |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gruppe zum gemeinsamen Jagen abgerichteter Hunde | eng den Kopf umschließende Kopfbedeckung mit und ohne Schirm, meist aus sehr weichem Material |
Where the eye mixes meute and Mütze
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
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": zü.
"meute" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Mütze" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- meute ← emute · metue · meuet · meutte · mmeute · muete
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meute" and "Mütze" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "meute" or "Mütze"?
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.