movevssaintsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#16,226
“move” frequency rank
#41,437
“saints” frequency rank
57663
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature move saints
Definition Orts- oder Positionsveränderung, Bewegung 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs saint

Letter map: move vs saints

Shared letters muted; letters that set move and saints apart highlighted. No shared letter run. move runs 4 letters (CVCV) against saints's 6 (CVVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
move
6 ch
saints

Grammar separator: move vs saints

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: move is anoun and saintsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

move is recorded at frequency rank #16,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. saints is at rank #41,437, 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 57663, this pair ranks #892,571 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of move vs saints

Shared letters: none. Private to "move": emov. Private to "saints": ainst.

"move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "saints" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • move ← mmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve
  • saints ← asints · sainnts · sainst · saintss · saintts · saitns · sanits · siants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "move" for "saints" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "move" is a noun and "saints" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "move" or "saints" show up more?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,226 in our German list, against #41,437 for "saints". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "move" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "saints" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #892,571 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "move" and "saints" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs saints". 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 #892,571 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