MadevsMalsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Made is a noun, Mals is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Made” is a noun and “Mals” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#7,362
“Made” frequency rank
#48,319
“Mals” frequency rank
55681
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Made Mals
Definition Larve einer Fliege eine Gemeinde in Südtirol

Letter map: Made vs Mals

Shared letters muted; letters that set Made and Mals apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Made (CVCV) and Mals (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
Made
4 ch
Mals

Part-of-speech tell for Made / Mals

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Made is anoun and Malsaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55681, 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]. 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 55681, this pair ranks #970,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Made vs Mals

Shared letters: am. Private to "Made": de. Private to "Mals": ls.

"Made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Made ← amde · madde · maed · mdae · mmade
  • Mals ← amls · malls · malss · masl · mlas · mmals

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Made" and "Mals" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Made" is a noun and "Mals" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Made" vs "Mals" - which ranks higher?
"Made" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,362 in our German list, against #48,319 for "Mals". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "Made" vs "Mals" 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 "Mals" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #970,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Made" 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 #970,049 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