Maler vs Mals, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“Maler” is a noun and “Mals” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,811
“Maler” frequency rank: #48,319
“Mals” frequency rank: 53130
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Maler	Mals
Definition	Künstler, der Bilder malt	eine Gemeinde in Südtirol

Letter map: Maler vs Mals

Shared letters muted; letters that set Maler and Mals apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

Maler

4 ch

Mals

Role in the sentence - Maler and Mals

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Maler is anoun and Malsaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53130, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Maler is recorded at frequency rank #4,811, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaːlɐ]. Mals is at rank #48,319, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 53130, this pair ranks #1,070,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Maler vs Mals

Shared letters: alm. Private to "Maler": er. Private to "Mals": s.

"Maler" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

Maler ← amler · maelr · malerr · maller · malre · mlaer · mmaler
Mals ← amls · malls · malss · masl · mlas · mmals

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Maler" and "Mals" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Maler" is a noun and "Mals" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "Maler" or "Mals" show up more?

"Maler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,811 in our German list, against #48,319 for "Mals". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Maler" and "Mals".

Full dictionary entry for "Maler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Mals" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,070,061 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Maler" and "Mals" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals 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 #1,070,061 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.