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

#16,226
“move” frequency rank
#42,191
“tribune” frequency rank
58417
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature move tribune
Definition Orts- oder Positionsveränderung, Bewegung Tribüne

Letter map: move vs tribune

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

4 ch
move
7 ch
tribune

Pair insight - move / tribune

move and tribune 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 differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58417, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

move is recorded at frequency rank #16,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tribune is at rank #42,191, 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 58417, this pair ranks #863,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of move vs tribune

Shared letters: e. Private to "move": mov. Private to "tribune": binrtu.

"move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tribune" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • move ← mmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve
  • tribune ← rtibune · tirbune · trbiune · tribbune · tribnue · tribuen · tribunne · triubne

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "move" for "tribune" ever safe?
No. They differ by 3 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "move" vs "tribune" - which ranks higher?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,226 in our German list, against #42,191 for "tribune". 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 "tribune". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "move" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tribune" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #863,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "move" and "tribune" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tribune". 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 #863,538 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