MietevsmietetConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#3,603
“Miete” frequency rank
#48,333
“mietet” frequency rank
51936
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Miete mietet
Definition das zu zahlende Entgelt für die (zeitweilige) Nutzung beziehungsweise Überlassung bestimmter Einrichtungen (vor allem Wohnungen oder Ähnlichem), Gegenständen oder (veraltet) Dienstleistungen 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs mieten

Where the eye mixes Miete and mietet

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Miete runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against mietet's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Miete
6 ch
mietet

Why the eye confuses Miete with mietet

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Miete is [ˈmiːtə] while mietet is [ˈmiːtət]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Miete” sits inside “mietet”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51936, 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]. mietet is at rank #48,333, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmiːtət].

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 51936, this pair ranks #1,116,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Miete vs mietet

Shared letters: eimt. Private to "Miete": -. Private to "mietet": -.

"Miete" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "mietet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mieteimete · meite · mieet · miette · mitee · mmiete
  • mietetimetet · meitet · mieett · mietett · miettet · miteet · mmietet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Miete" and "mietet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Miete" is a noun and "mietet" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Miete" or "mietet" show up more?
"Miete" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,603 in our German list, against #48,333 for "mietet". 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 "mietet" 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 "mietet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,116,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Miete" and "mietet" 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 #1,116,306 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