MadevsModenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Made” and “Moden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#7,362
“Made” frequency rank
#47,597
“Moden” frequency rank
54959
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Made Moden
Definition Larve einer Fliege Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Mode

Where the eye mixes Made and Moden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Made runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Moden's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Made
5 ch
Moden

Why the eye confuses Made with Moden

A purely visual mix-up. Made ([ˈmaːdə]) and Moden ([ˈmoːdn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54959, 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]. Moden is at rank #47,597, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmoːdn̩].

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 54959, this pair ranks #998,221 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Made vs Moden

Shared letters: dem. Private to "Made": a. Private to "Moden": no.

"Made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Moden" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Made ← amde · madde · maed · mdae · mmade
  • Moden ← mdoen · mmoden · modden · modenn · moedn · omden

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Made" for "Moden" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmaːdə] versus [ˈmoːdn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Made" or "Moden"?
"Made" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,362 in our German list, against #47,597 for "Moden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Made" and "Moden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Made" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Moden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #998,221 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Made" and "Moden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maroden vs Moden". 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 #998,221 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