movevstestingWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#16,226
“move” frequency rank
#42,175
“testing” frequency rank
58401
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature move testing
Definition Orts- oder Positionsveränderung, Bewegung Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs test

Letter map: move vs testing

Shared letters muted; letters that set move and testing apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. move runs 4 letters (CVCV) against testing's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
move
7 ch
testing

Grammar separator: move vs testing

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: move is anoun and testingaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

move is recorded at frequency rank #16,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. testing is at rank #42,175, 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 58401, this pair ranks #864,207 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of move vs testing

Shared letters: e. Private to "move": mov. Private to "testing": ginst.

"move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "testing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • move ← mmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve
  • testing ← etsting · tesitng · tessting · testign · testingg · testinng · testnig · testting

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "move" for "testing" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "move" is a noun and "testing" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "move" or "testing" show up more?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,226 in our German list, against #42,175 for "testing". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "move" and "testing".

  • Full dictionary entry for "move" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "testing" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #864,207 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "move" and "testing" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs testing". 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 #864,207 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