ModenvsmovesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#47,597
“Moden” frequency rank
#36,510
“moves” frequency rank
84107
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Moden moves
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mode 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs move

Letter map: Moden vs moves

Shared letters muted; letters that set Moden and moves apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Moden and moves follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Moden
5 ch
moves

Grammar separator: Moden vs moves

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Moden is anoun and movesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Moden is recorded at frequency rank #47,597, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoːdn̩]. moves is at rank #36,510, tagged as averb, 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 84107, this pair ranks #129,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Moden vs moves

Shared letters: emo. Private to "Moden": dn. Private to "moves": sv.

"Moden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "moves" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Moden ← mdoen · mmoden · modden · modenn · moedn · omden
  • moves ← mmoves · moevs · movess · movse · movves · mvoes · omves

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Moden" and "moves" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Moden" is a noun and "moves" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Moden" or "moves" show up more?
"moves" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,510 in our German list, against #47,597 for "Moden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Moden" and "moves". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Moden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "moves" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,045 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Moden" and "moves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maroden 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 #129,045 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