muvsMüheWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: mu is a unknown, Mühe is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#18,336
“mu” frequency rank
#2,352
“Mühe” frequency rank
20688
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mu Mühe
Definition Genitiv Singular des Personalpronomens mina körperliche oder geistige Anstrengung

Letter map: mu vs Mühe

Shared letters muted; letters that set mu and Mühe apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
mu
4 ch
Mühe

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mu is anunknown and Müheanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20688, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mu is recorded at frequency rank #18,336, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. Mühe is at rank #2,352, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmyːə].

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 20688, this pair ranks #1,894,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mu vs Mühe

Shared letters: m. Private to "mu": u. Private to "Mühe": ehü.

"mu" · 2 letters · shape CV  ·  "Mühe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mu" and "Mühe" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mu" is an unknown and "Mühe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mu" or "Mühe"?
"Mühe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,352 in our German list, against #18,336 for "mu". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "mu" and "Mühe". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mu" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mühe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,894,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mu" and "Mühe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mu vs puzzles". Nearby pair

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list