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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "move" and "rice" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "move" vs "rice" - which ranks higher?
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.