Which to use
“Mühe” and “Mulde” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,352
- “Mühe” frequency rank
- #26,976
- “Mulde” frequency rank
- 29328
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mühe | Mulde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | körperliche oder geistige Anstrengung | längliches, abgerundetes Gefäß mit einer flachen Vertiefung, das sowohl aus einem Stück als auch aus einem Material gefertigt ist |
Where the eye mixes Mühe and Mulde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Mühe vs Mulde
A purely visual mix-up. Mühe ([ˈmyːə]) and Mulde ([ˈmʊldə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29328, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mühe is recorded at frequency rank #2,352, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmyːə]. Mulde is at rank #26,976, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʊldə].
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 29328, this pair ranks #1,768,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Mühe vs Mulde
Shared letters: em. Private to "Mühe": hü. Private to "Mulde": dlu.
"Mühe" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Mulde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mulde ← mlude · mmulde · mudle · muldde · muled · mullde · umlde
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Mühe" for "Mulde" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Mühe" or "Mulde" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Mühe" and "Mulde" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mühe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mulde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,768,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mühe" and "Mulde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mulde vs murder". 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 #1,768,871 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.