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Which to use

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

#39,528
“mma” frequency rank
#2,405
“Mut” frequency rank
41933
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mma Mut
Definition Plural des Substantivs ɔba Geisteshaltung, bei der Handlungen in einer gefährlichen, kritischen oder waghalsigen Situation energisch und furchtlos ausgeführt werden

Letter map: mma vs Mut

Shared letters muted; letters that set mma and Mut apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
mma
3 ch
Mut

Pair insight - mma / Mut

mma and Mut 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 41933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mma is recorded at frequency rank #39,528, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Mut is at rank #2,405, tagged as anoun, pronounced [muːt].

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 41933, this pair ranks #1,464,672 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mma vs Mut

Shared letters: m. Private to "mma": a. Private to "Mut": tu.

"mma" · 3 letters · shape CCV  ·  "Mut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mma" and "Mut" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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.
In ordinary German text, does "mma" or "Mut" show up more?
"Mut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,405 in our German list, against #39,528 for "mma". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "mma" and "Mut". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,464,672 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mma" and "Mut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mma vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,464,672 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