Which to use
“mach” is a verb and “Mals” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #687
- “mach” frequency rank
- #48,319
- “Mals” frequency rank
- 49006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mach | Mals |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs machen | eine Gemeinde in Südtirol |
Letter map: mach vs Mals
Shared letters muted; letters that set mach and Mals apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mach and Mals follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for mach / Mals
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mach is averb and Malsaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mach is recorded at frequency rank #687, classified as averb, pronounced [max]. Mals is at rank #48,319, tagged as aname, 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 49006, this pair ranks #1,227,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mach vs Mals
Shared letters: am. Private to "mach": ch. Private to "Mals": ls.
"mach" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mach" and "Mals" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "mach" or "Mals" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "mach" and "Mals". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mach" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mals" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,227,538 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mach" and "Mals" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals 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 #1,227,538 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.