mirovsMordTell them apart

Which to use

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

#46,146
“miro” frequency rank
#2,457
“Mord” frequency rank
48603
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature miro Mord
Definition die Baumwolle vorsätzliche Tötung einer Person unter qualifizierten Umständen; in Deutschland, wenn sie aus Mordlust, zur Befriedigung des Geschlechtstriebs, aus Habgier oder sonst aus niedrigen Beweggründen, heimtückisch oder grausam oder mit gemeingefährlichen Mitteln oder um eine andere Straftat zu ermöglichen oder zu verdecken, geschieht

Letter map: miro vs Mord

Shared letters muted; letters that set miro and Mord apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
miro
4 ch
Mord

Pair insight - miro / Mord

miro and Mord are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48603, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

miro is recorded at frequency rank #46,146, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Mord is at rank #2,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɔʁt].

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 48603, this pair ranks #1,242,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of miro vs Mord

Shared letters: mor. Private to "miro": i. Private to "Mord": d.

"miro" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Mord" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • miroimro · mior · mirro · mmiro · mrio
  • Mordmmord · modr · mordd · morrd · mrod · omrd

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "miro" for "Mord" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "miro" vs "Mord" - which ranks higher?
"Mord" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,457 in our German list, against #46,146 for "miro". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "miro" and "Mord".

  • Full dictionary entry for "miro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mord" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,242,404 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "miro" and "Mord" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "miro 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 #1,242,404 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