movevsriceConfusable pair

Which to use

“move” and “rice” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,226
“move” frequency rank
#23,680
“rice” frequency rank
39906
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature move rice
Definition Orts- oder Positionsveränderung, Bewegung Reis

Letter map: move vs rice

Shared letters muted; letters that set move and rice apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. move and rice follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
move
4 ch
rice

Pair insight - move / rice

move and rice are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

move is recorded at frequency rank #16,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. rice is at rank #23,680, 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 39906, this pair ranks #1,523,549 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of move vs rice

Shared letters: e. Private to "move": mov. Private to "rice": cir.

"move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "rice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • movemmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve
  • riceirce · rcie · ricce · riec · rrice

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "move" and "rice" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "move" vs "rice" - which ranks higher?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,226 in our German list, against #23,680 for "rice". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "move" and "rice". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "move" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "rice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,523,549 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "move" and "rice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rice". 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 #1,523,549 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