Which to use
“mille” is a num and “Mulde” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,671
- “mille” frequency rank
- #26,976
- “Mulde” frequency rank
- 52647
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mille | Mulde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tausend | längliches, abgerundetes Gefäß mit einer flachen Vertiefung, das sowohl aus einem Stück als auch aus einem Material gefertigt ist |
Letter map: mille vs Mulde
Shared letters muted; letters that set mille and Mulde apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mille and Mulde follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: mille vs Mulde
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mille is anum and Muldeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52647, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mille is recorded at frequency rank #25,671, classified as anum, pronounced […]. Mulde is at rank #26,976, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʊldə].
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 52647, this pair ranks #1,088,740 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mille vs Mulde
Shared letters: elm. Private to "mille": i. Private to "Mulde": du.
"mille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "Mulde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mille" and "Mulde" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "mille" or "Mulde"?
After this comparison
You've compared "mille" and "Mulde". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mulde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,088,740 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mille" and "Mulde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mille 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 #1,088,740 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.