mietvsMixerWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#29,239
“miet” frequency rank
#25,240
“Mixer” frequency rank
54479
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miet Mixer
Definition 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mieten elektrisches Küchengerät zur Zerkleinerung und Vermischung von Lebensmitteln

Where the eye mixes miet and Mixer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. miet runs 4 letters (CVVC) against Mixer's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
miet
5 ch
Mixer

Why the eye confuses miet with Mixer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: miet is [miːt] while Mixer is [ˈmɪksɐ]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54479, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miet is recorded at frequency rank #29,239, classified as averb, pronounced [miːt]. Mixer is at rank #25,240, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɪksɐ].

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 54479, this pair ranks #1,017,282 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of miet vs Mixer

Shared letters: eim. Private to "miet": t. Private to "Mixer": rx.

"miet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Mixer" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miet ← imet · meit · miett · mmiet
  • Mixer ← imxer · miexr · mixerr · mixre · mixxer · mmixer · mxier

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miet" for "Mixer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "miet" is a verb and "Mixer" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "miet" or "Mixer" show up more?
"Mixer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,240 in our German list, against #29,239 for "miet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "miet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mixer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,017,282 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miet" and "Mixer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miet vs mietet". 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 #1,017,282 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