Which to use
“Maike” and “Meike” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,311
- “Maike” frequency rank
- #38,282
- “Meike” frequency rank
- 73593
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Maike | Meike |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weiblicher Vorname | weiblicher Vorname |
Same sound, different letters: Maike vs Meike
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. Maike and Meike follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - Maike and Meike
This is the hard kind. Maike and Meike are pronounced identically ([ˈmaɪ̯kə]) and both work as aname. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - a in “Maike” becomes e in “Meike”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73593, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Maike is recorded at frequency rank #35,311, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯kə]. Meike is at rank #38,282, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯kə].
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 73593, this pair ranks #356,121 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Maike vs Meike
Shared letters: eikm. Private to "Maike": a. Private to "Meike": -.
"Maike" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Meike" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Maike" for "Meike" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Maike" or "Meike" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "Maike" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Meike" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #356,121 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Maike" and "Meike" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Meike vs Mette". 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 #356,121 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.