MöbelnvsmobilenConfusable pair

Quick tell: Möbeln is a noun, mobilen is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Möbeln” is a noun and “mobilen” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,846
“Möbeln” frequency rank
#9,595
“mobilen” frequency rank
34441
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Möbeln mobilen
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Möbel Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil

Where the eye mixes Möbeln and mobilen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Möbeln runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against mobilen's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Möbeln
7 ch
mobilen

Visual trap between Möbeln and mobilen

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Möbeln is [ˈmøːbl̩n] while mobilen is [moˈbiːlən]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Möbeln is recorded at frequency rank #24,846, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmøːbl̩n]. mobilen is at rank #9,595, tagged as anadj, pronounced [moˈbiːlən].

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 34441, this pair ranks #1,663,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Möbeln vs mobilen

Shared letters: belmn. Private to "Möbeln": ö. Private to "mobilen": io.

"Möbeln" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "mobilen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mobilen ← mboilen · mmobilen · mobbilen · mobieln · mobilenn · mobillen · mobilne · moblien

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Möbeln" and "mobilen" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Möbeln" is a noun and "mobilen" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Möbeln" or "mobilen" show up more?
"mobilen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,595 in our German list, against #24,846 for "Möbeln". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Möbeln" and "mobilen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Möbeln" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mobilen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,663,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Möbeln" and "mobilen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Möbeln vs Moden". 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 #1,663,275 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