MietevsMietersConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,603
“Miete” frequency rank
#47,588
“Mieters” frequency rank
51191
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Miete Mieters
Definition das zu zahlende Entgelt für die (zeitweilige) Nutzung beziehungsweise Überlassung bestimmter Einrichtungen (vor allem Wohnungen oder Ähnlichem), Gegenständen oder (veraltet) Dienstleistungen Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Mieter

Where the eye mixes Miete and Mieters

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Miete runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against Mieters's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Miete
7 ch
Mieters

Look-alike desk: Miete vs Mieters

A purely visual mix-up. Miete ([ˈmiːtə]) and Mieters ([ˈmiːtɐs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Miete” sits inside “Mieters”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Miete is recorded at frequency rank #3,603, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmiːtə]. Mieters is at rank #47,588, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmiːtɐs].

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 51191, this pair ranks #1,145,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Miete vs Mieters

Shared letters: eimt. Private to "Miete": -. Private to "Mieters": rs.

"Miete" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Mieters" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mieteimete · meite · mieet · miette · mitee · mmiete
  • Mietersimeters · meiters · mieetrs · mieterrs · mieterss · mietesr · mietres · mietters

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Miete" for "Mieters" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmiːtə] versus [ˈmiːtɐs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Miete" or "Mieters"?
"Miete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,603 in our German list, against #47,588 for "Mieters". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Miete" and "Mieters" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Miete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mieters" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,145,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Miete" and "Mieters" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mieters 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 #1,145,002 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