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

#2,509
“Musiker” frequency rank
#37,686
“Musikers” frequency rank
40195
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Musiker Musikers
Definition jemand, der musiziert Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Musiker

Where the eye mixes Musiker and Musikers

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Musiker runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against Musikers's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Musiker
8 ch
Musikers

Why the eye confuses Musiker with Musikers

A purely visual mix-up. Musiker ([ˈmuːzɪkɐ]) and Musikers ([ˈmuːzɪkɐs]) 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 extra letter(s) - “Musiker” sits inside “Musikers”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40195, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Musiker is recorded at frequency rank #2,509, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmuːzɪkɐ]. Musikers is at rank #37,686, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmuːzɪkɐs].

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 40195, this pair ranks #1,515,429 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Musiker vs Musikers

Shared letters: eikmrsu. Private to "Musiker": -. Private to "Musikers": -.

"Musiker" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "Musikers" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Musiker ← mmusiker · msuiker · muisker · musiekr · musikerr · musikker · musikre · muskier
  • Musikers ← mmusikers · msuikers · muiskers · musiekrs · musikerrs · musikerss · musikesr · musikkers

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Musiker" and "Musikers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmuːzɪkɐ] versus [ˈmuːzɪkɐs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Musiker" or "Musikers"?
"Musiker" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,509 in our German list, against #37,686 for "Musikers". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Musiker" and "Musikers" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Musiker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Musikers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,515,429 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Musiker" and "Musikers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Musikerin vs Musikers". 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 #1,515,429 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