Which to use
“mustern” is a verb and “mystery” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,676
- “mustern” frequency rank
- #17,368
- “mystery” frequency rank
- 38044
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mustern | mystery |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas prüfend anschauen | Geheimnis, Mysterium |
Letter map: mustern vs mystery
Shared letters muted; letters that set mustern and mystery apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. mustern (CVCCVCC) and mystery (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for mustern / mystery
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mustern is averb and mysteryanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38044, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mustern is recorded at frequency rank #20,676, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmʊstɐn]. mystery is at rank #17,368, 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 38044, this pair ranks #1,574,291 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mustern vs mystery
Shared letters: emrst. Private to "mustern": nu. Private to "mystery": y.
"mustern" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "mystery" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mustern" for "mystery" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "mustern" or "mystery" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mustern" and "mystery".
- Full dictionary entry for "mustern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mystery" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,574,291 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mustern" and "mystery" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mystery 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 #1,574,291 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.