Which to use
“Maid” and “Mais” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,310
- “Maid” frequency rank
- #9,409
- “Mais” frequency rank
- 44719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Maid | Mais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | junge, unverheiratete Frau | Botanik: |
Where the eye mixes Maid and Mais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Maid and Mais follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Maid vs Mais
A purely visual mix-up. Maid ([maɪ̯t]) and Mais ([maɪ̯s]) 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 a single letter - d in “Maid” becomes s in “Mais”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Maid is recorded at frequency rank #35,310, classified as anoun, pronounced [maɪ̯t]. Mais is at rank #9,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced [maɪ̯s].
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 44719, this pair ranks #1,376,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Maid vs Mais
Shared letters: aim. Private to "Maid": d. Private to "Mais": s.
"Maid" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Mais" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Maid" and "Mais" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Maid" or "Mais" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Maid" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,376,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Maid" and "Mais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Maid vs Mals". 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 #1,376,942 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.