mu vs muh, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“mu” is an unknown and “muh” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,336
“mu” frequency rank: #32,176
“muh” frequency rank: 50512
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mu	muh
Definition	Genitiv Singular des Personalpronomens mina	muh ist der besondere Tierlaut der Kuh

Letter map: mu vs muh

Shared letters muted; letters that set mu and muh apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

2 ch

3 ch

muh

Role in the sentence - mu and muh

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mu is anunknown and muhanintj. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mu” sits inside “muh”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50512, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mu is recorded at frequency rank #18,336, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. muh is at rank #32,176, tagged as anintj, pronounced [muː].

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 50512, this pair ranks #1,170,896 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mu vs muh

Shared letters: mu. Private to "mu": -. Private to "muh": h.

"mu" · 2 letters · shape CV · "muh" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mu" for "muh" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mu" is an unknown and "muh" an intj, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "mu" or "muh" show up more?

"mu" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,336 in our German list, against #32,176 for "muh". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "mu" vs "muh" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "mu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "muh" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,170,896 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mu" and "muh" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "muh vs münz". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,170,896 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.