mögenvsmoveWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#1,705
“mögen” frequency rank
#16,226
“move” frequency rank
17931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mögen move
Definition etwas mag sein: etwas ist möglicherweise (vielleicht) oder vermutlich der Fall Orts- oder Positionsveränderung, Bewegung

Letter map: mögen vs move

Shared letters muted; letters that set mögen and move apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
mögen
4 ch
move

Role in the sentence - mögen and move

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mögen is averb and moveanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mögen is recorded at frequency rank #1,705, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmøːɡn̩]. move is at rank #16,226, tagged as anoun, 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 17931, this pair ranks #1,922,960 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mögen vs move

Shared letters: em. Private to "mögen": gnö. Private to "move": ov.

"mögen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • movemmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mögen" and "move" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mögen" is a verb and "move" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mögen" vs "move" - which ranks higher?
"mögen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,705 in our German list, against #16,226 for "move". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "mögen" vs "move" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mögen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "move" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,922,960 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mögen" and "move" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "move 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 #1,922,960 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