Which to use
“Museum” and “museums” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,673
- “Museum” frequency rank
- #7,506
- “museums” frequency rank
- 9179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Museum | museums |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Einrichtung zur thematischen Forschung und Archivierung, der präsentierten Aufbereitung und Ausstellung ausgewählter Ausstellungsstücke für die Öffentlichkeit mit meist pädagogischem Anspruch | Plural des Substantivs museum |
Letter map: Museum vs museums
Shared letters muted; letters that set Museum and museums apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Museum runs 6 letters (CVCVVC) against museums's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on Museum vs museums
Museum and museums are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Museum” sits inside “museums”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Museum is recorded at frequency rank #1,673, classified as anoun, pronounced [muˈzeːʊm]. museums is at rank #7,506, tagged as anoun, 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 9179, this pair ranks #1,981,121 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Museum vs museums
Shared letters: emsu. Private to "Museum": -. Private to "museums": -.
"Museum" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC · "museums" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Museum" and "museums" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Museum" or "museums"?
What to do next
Pair "Museum" vs "museums" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Museum" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "museums" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,981,121 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Museum" and "museums" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "museums 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 #1,981,121 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.