MhvsMutWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Mh is a character, Mut is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mh” is a character and “Mut” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,634
“Mh” frequency rank
#2,405
“Mut” frequency rank
17039
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mh Mut
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Where the eye mixes Mh and Mut

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 1 letter in sequence.

2 ch
Mh
3 ch
Mut

Visual trap between Mh and Mut

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Mh is [m̤] while Mut is [muːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (character vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mh is recorded at frequency rank #14,634, classified as acharacter, pronounced [m̤]. Mut is at rank #2,405, tagged as anoun, pronounced [muːt].

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 17039, this pair ranks #1,930,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Mh vs Mut

Shared letters: m. Private to "Mh": h. Private to "Mut": tu.

"Mh" · 2 letters · shape CC  ·  "Mut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mh" for "Mut" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mh" is a character and "Mut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Mh" vs "Mut" - which ranks higher?
"Mut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,405 in our German list, against #14,634 for "Mh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mh" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,930,884 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mh" and "Mut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mh vs mme". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,930,884 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