Which to use
“maiden” is a noun and “mailen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,670
- “maiden” frequency rank
- #49,065
- “mailen” frequency rank
- 91735
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maiden | mailen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Maid, die Magd | eine E-Mail versenden, schicken |
Letter map: maiden vs mailen
Shared letters muted; letters that set maiden and mailen apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. maiden and mailen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - maiden and mailen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maiden is anoun and mailenaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “maiden” becomes l in “mailen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maiden is recorded at frequency rank #42,670, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mailen is at rank #49,065, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmɛɪ̯lən].
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 91735, this pair ranks #35,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of maiden vs mailen
Shared letters: aeimn. Private to "maiden": d. Private to "mailen": l.
"maiden" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "mailen" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "maiden" vs "mailen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "maiden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mailen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #35,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maiden" and "mailen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Madsen vs mailen". 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 #35,446 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.