Which to use
“Mail” and “mart” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,814
- “Mail” frequency rank
- #31,678
- “mart” frequency rank
- 33492
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mart | |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | dritter Monat im Kalenderjahr; März |
Where the eye mixes Mail and mart
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. Mail (CVVC) and mart (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: Mail vs mart
A purely visual mix-up. Mail ([mɛɪ̯l]) and mart ([mɑɾt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33492, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mail is recorded at frequency rank #1,814, classified as anoun, pronounced [mɛɪ̯l]. mart is at rank #31,678, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɑɾt].
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 33492, this pair ranks #1,684,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Mail vs mart
Shared letters: am. Private to "Mail": il. Private to "mart": rt.
"Mail" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Mail" for "mart" ever safe?
Which is more common, "Mail" or "mart"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Mail" and "mart" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mail" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,684,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mail" and "mart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mart vs mora". 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 #1,684,814 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.