mundivsspielsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mundi is a noun, spiels is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mundi” is a noun and “spiels” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#42,013
“mundi” frequency rank
#5,427
“spiels” frequency rank
47440
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mundi spiels
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs mundus 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spiel

Letter map: mundi vs spiels

Shared letters muted; letters that set mundi and spiels apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mundi runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against spiels's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
mundi
6 ch
spiels

Role in the sentence - mundi and spiels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mundi is anoun and spielsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47440, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mundi is recorded at frequency rank #42,013, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. spiels is at rank #5,427, tagged as averb, 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 47440, this pair ranks #1,284,115 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mundi vs spiels

Shared letters: i. Private to "mundi": dmnu. Private to "spiels": elps.

"mundi" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "spiels" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mundimmundi · mnudi · mudni · munddi · munid · munndi · umndi
  • spielspsiels · sipels · speils · spiells · spielss · spiesl · spiles · sppiels

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mundi" for "spiels" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mundi" is a noun and "spiels" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mundi" or "spiels"?
"spiels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,427 in our German list, against #42,013 for "mundi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "mundi" and "spiels". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mundi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "spiels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,284,115 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mundi" and "spiels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mundi vs puzzles". 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 #1,284,115 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