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

#5,104
“Mieter” frequency rank
#30,687
“Mietern” frequency rank
35791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mieter Mietern
Definition Person, die eine Sache mietet Dativ Plural des Substantivs Mieter

Where the eye mixes Mieter and Mietern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Mieter runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against Mietern's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Mieter
7 ch
Mietern

Why the eye confuses Mieter with Mietern

A purely visual mix-up. Mieter ([ˈmiːtɐ]) and Mietern ([ˈmiːtɐn]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “Mieter” sits inside “Mietern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mieter is recorded at frequency rank #5,104, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmiːtɐ]. Mietern is at rank #30,687, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmiːtɐn].

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 35791, this pair ranks #1,631,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Mieter vs Mietern

Shared letters: eimrt. Private to "Mieter": -. Private to "Mietern": n.

"Mieter" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Mietern" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mieter ← imeter · meiter · mieetr · mieterr · mietre · mietter · miteer · mmieter
  • Mietern ← imetern · meitern · mieetrn · mietenr · mieternn · mieterrn · mietren · miettern

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Mieter" and "Mietern" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmiːtɐ] versus [ˈmiːtɐn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Mieter" or "Mietern"?
"Mieter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,104 in our German list, against #30,687 for "Mietern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mieter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mietern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,631,436 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mieter" and "Mietern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mietern 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 #1,631,436 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