Which to use
“Mähne” is a noun and “meine” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,097
- “Mähne” frequency rank
- #106
- “meine” frequency rank
- 37203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mähne | meine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gesamtheit der langen Haare, die einigen Tieren, zum Beispiel Löwen oder Pferden, am Kopf wachsen | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Possessivpronomens mein |
Where the eye mixes Mähne and meine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Mähne is [ˈmɛːnə] while meine is [ˈmaɪ̯nə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs unknown), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mähne is recorded at frequency rank #37,097, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛːnə]. meine is at rank #106, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯nə].
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 37203, this pair ranks #1,596,246 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Mähne vs meine
Shared letters: emn. Private to "Mähne": hä. Private to "meine": i.
"Mähne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "meine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- meine ← emine · meien · meinne · menie · mmeine