# MfS vs must

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### MfS
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #26,968*
Ministerium für Staatssicherheit

### must
*verb · IPA [muːst] · frequency rank #11,712*
2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs musen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/mfs-vs-must