moneyvsmovesWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#8,421
“money” frequency rank
#36,510
“moves” frequency rank
44931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature money moves
Definition das Geld, (umgangssprachlich) der Schotter 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs move

Letter map: money vs moves

Shared letters muted; letters that set money and moves apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. money (CVCVV) and moves (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
money
5 ch
moves

Role in the sentence - money and moves

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: money 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 44931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

money is recorded at frequency rank #8,421, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʌnɪ]. 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 44931, this pair ranks #1,369,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of money vs moves

Shared letters: emo. Private to "money": ny. Private to "moves": sv.

"money" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "moves" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • money ← mmoney · mnoey · moeny · moneyy · monney · monye · omney
  • moves ← mmoves · moevs · movess · movse · movves · mvoes · omves

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "money" for "moves" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "money" is a noun and "moves" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "money" or "moves" show up more?
"money" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,421 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "money" and "moves".

  • Full dictionary entry for "money" 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 #1,369,988 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "money" 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 #1,369,988 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