mutigvsMuttisWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: mutig is a adjective, Muttis is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mutig” is an adjective and “Muttis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,210
“mutig” frequency rank
#38,304
“Muttis” frequency rank
45514
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mutig Muttis
Definition voller Mut, Mut aufbringend Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mutti

Where the eye mixes mutig and Muttis

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
mutig
6 ch
Muttis

Visual trap between mutig and Muttis

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mutig is [ˈmuːtɪç] while Muttis is [ˈmʊtis]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45514, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mutig is recorded at frequency rank #7,210, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmuːtɪç]. Muttis is at rank #38,304, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmʊtis].

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 45514, this pair ranks #1,350,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mutig vs Muttis

Shared letters: imtu. Private to "mutig": g. Private to "Muttis": s.

"mutig" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Muttis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mutigmmutig · mtuig · muitg · mutgi · mutigg · muttig · umtig
  • Muttismmuttis · mtutis · mutis · mutits · muttiss · muttsi · umttis

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mutig" and "Muttis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mutig" is an adjective and "Muttis" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mutig" or "Muttis" show up more?
"mutig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,210 in our German list, against #38,304 for "Muttis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "mutig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Muttis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,350,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mutig" and "Muttis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mattis vs Muttis". 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 #1,350,439 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