# might vs misst

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### might
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #32,168*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs may

### misst
*verb · IPA [mɪst] · frequency rank #8,755*
2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs messen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/might-vs-misst