ModusvsmovesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#4,451
“Modus” frequency rank
#36,510
“moves” frequency rank
40961
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Modus moves
Definition Art und Weise 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs move

Letter map: Modus vs moves

Shared letters muted; letters that set Modus and moves apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Modus
5 ch
moves

Part-of-speech tell for Modus / moves

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Modus 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 40961, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Modus is recorded at frequency rank #4,451, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɔdʊs]. 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 40961, this pair ranks #1,493,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Modus vs moves

Shared letters: mos. Private to "Modus": du. Private to "moves": ev.

"Modus" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "moves" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Modusmdous · mmodus · moddus · modsu · moduss · mouds · omdus
  • movesmmoves · moevs · movess · movse · movves · mvoes · omves

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Modus" for "moves" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Modus" is a noun and "moves" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Modus" or "moves"?
"Modus" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,451 in our German list, against #36,510 for "moves". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Modus" 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 #1,493,333 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Modus" and "moves" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "moves 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 #1,493,333 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