Which to use
“Made” is a noun and “mala” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,362
- “Made” frequency rank
- #45,440
- “mala” frequency rank
- 52802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Made | mala |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Larve einer Fliege | verkehrt, umgekehrt, gegenteilig, entgegengesetzt |
Letter map: Made vs mala
Shared letters muted; letters that set Made and mala apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Made and mala follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for Made / mala
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Made is anoun and malaanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Made is recorded at frequency rank #7,362, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaːdə]. mala is at rank #45,440, tagged as anadj.
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 52802, this pair ranks #1,082,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Made vs mala
Shared letters: am. Private to "Made": de. Private to "mala": l.
"Made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mala" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Made" and "mala" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Made" or "mala" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "Made" vs "mala" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Made" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mala" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,082,715 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Made" and "mala" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mala vs mora". 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 #1,082,715 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.