migrosvsvolumeWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#32,671
“migros” frequency rank
#26,224
“volume” frequency rank
58895
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature migros volume
Definition Indikativ Futur Aktiv des Verbs migri Volumen

Letter map: migros vs volume

Shared letters muted; letters that set migros and volume apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. migros (CVCCVC) and volume (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
migros
6 ch
volume

Role in the sentence - migros and volume

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: migros is averb and volumeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58895, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

migros is recorded at frequency rank #32,671, classified as averb, pronounced […]. volume is at rank #26,224, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 58895, this pair ranks #845,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of migros vs volume

Shared letters: mo. Private to "migros": girs. Private to "volume": eluv.

"migros" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "volume" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • migros ← imgros · mgiros · miggros · migors · migross · migrros · migrso · mirgos
  • volume ← ovlume · vloume · vollume · volmue · voluem · volumme · voulme · vvolume

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "migros" for "volume" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "migros" is a verb and "volume" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "migros" or "volume" show up more?
"volume" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,224 in our German list, against #32,671 for "migros". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "migros" and "volume". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "migros" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "volume" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #845,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "migros" and "volume" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "migros vs puzzles". 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 #845,206 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