movevstungWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: move is a noun, tung is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#16,226
“move” frequency rank
#40,899
“tung” frequency rank
57125
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature move tung
Definition Orts- oder Positionsveränderung, Bewegung von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer

Letter map: move vs tung

Shared letters muted; letters that set move and tung apart highlighted. No shared letter run. move (CVCV) and tung (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
move
4 ch
tung

Grammar separator: move vs tung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: move is anoun and tunganadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57125, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

move is recorded at frequency rank #16,226, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tung is at rank #40,899, tagged as anadj, 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 57125, this pair ranks #913,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of move vs tung

Shared letters: none. Private to "move": emov. Private to "tung": gntu.

"move" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "tung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • move ← mmove · moev · movve · mvoe · omve
  • tung ← tnug · ttung · tugn · tungg · tunng · utng

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "move" and "tung" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "move" is a noun and "tung" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "move" or "tung" show up more?
"move" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,226 in our German list, against #40,899 for "tung". 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 "tung".

  • Full dictionary entry for "move" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #913,484 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "move" and "tung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tung". 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 #913,484 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