Mute
[ˈmuːtə]
The verdict
“Mute” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #40,098) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #40,098
- frequency rank, German
- 3,571
- “M” headwords
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mut
Corpus desk
Index DE-mute · Mute · German
Mute · rank #40,098 · 4 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,098
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-LOW 4 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,571
- PHOTO-FINISH mythischen
Nearest frequency peer: mythischen (+1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Häufigkeitsnachbarn des Verwechslers „Mute“
Peers mit ähnlichem Corpus-Gewicht, getrennt von den Verwechslungspaaren unten
- motorischen
motorischen
59,906 corpus weight
- mouth
mouth
59,905 corpus weight
- Mute
Mute
59,903 corpus weight
- mythischen
mythischen
59,902 corpus weight
- Münsingen
Münsingen
59,901 corpus weight
- Münsteraner
Münsteraner
59,900 corpus weight
What this shows Balken platzieren „Mute“ gegen die nächsten gerankten deutschen Lemmata, kein Reprint der Verwechslungsdesk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Mute |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈmuːtə] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #40,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus-Rang neben Verwechslern von „Mute“
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Mute is neighbouring look-alikes ("mutig", "Mutti", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced [ˈmuːtə]. Frequency #40,098 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Gloss: "Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mut".
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Mute, with forms such as "mmute", "mtue", and "muet". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "mutig", "Mutti", "Mütze", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Mute, spelled M-U-T-E.
Definition
- 1Variante für den Dativ Singular des Substantivs Mut
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- mmute
- mtue
- muet
- umte
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Mute - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).