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

#26,976
“Mulde” frequency rank
#43,365
“mundo” frequency rank
70341
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mulde mundo
Definition längliches, abgerundetes Gefäß mit einer flachen Vertiefung, das sowohl aus einem Stück als auch aus einem Material gefertigt ist Welt f

Where the eye mixes Mulde and mundo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Mulde and mundo follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
Mulde
5 ch
mundo

Look-alike desk: Mulde vs mundo

A purely visual mix-up. Mulde ([ˈmʊldə]) and mundo ([ˈmundo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mulde is recorded at frequency rank #26,976, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʊldə]. mundo is at rank #43,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmundo].

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 70341, this pair ranks #449,240 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Mulde vs mundo

Shared letters: dmu. Private to "Mulde": el. Private to "mundo": no.

"Mulde" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mundo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Muldemlude · mmulde · mudle · muldde · muled · mullde · umlde
  • mundommundo · mnudo · mudno · munddo · munndo · munod · umndo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mulde" for "mundo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmʊldə] versus [ˈmundo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Mulde" or "mundo" show up more?
"Mulde" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,976 in our German list, against #43,365 for "mundo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mulde" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mundo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #449,240 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mulde" and "mundo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mundo vs münz". 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 #449,240 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