Which to use
“maiden” is a noun and “meinen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,670
- “maiden” frequency rank
- #280
- “meinen” frequency rank
- 42950
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | maiden | meinen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die Maid, die Magd | einen bestimmten Standpunkt oder eine bestimmte Meinung vertreten |
Letter map: maiden vs meinen
Shared letters muted; letters that set maiden and meinen apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. maiden and meinen 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 meinen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maiden is anoun and meinenaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42950, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
maiden is recorded at frequency rank #42,670, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. meinen is at rank #280, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯nən].
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 42950, this pair ranks #1,433,294 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of maiden vs meinen
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "maiden": ad. Private to "meinen": -.
"maiden" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "meinen" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "maiden" for "meinen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "maiden" or "meinen" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "maiden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meinen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,433,294 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "maiden" and "meinen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maiden 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 #1,433,294 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.