Malers vs Mals, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#20,994
“Malers” frequency rank: #48,319
“Mals” frequency rank: 69313
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	Malers	Mals
Definition	Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Maler	eine Gemeinde in Südtirol

Letter map: Malers vs Mals

Shared letters muted; letters that set Malers and Mals apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

Malers

4 ch

Mals

Role in the sentence - Malers and Mals

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Malers is anoun and Malsaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69313, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Malers is recorded at frequency rank #20,994, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaːlɐs]. 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 69313, this pair ranks #480,393 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Malers vs Mals

Shared letters: alms. Private to "Malers": er. Private to "Mals": -.

"Malers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

Malers ← amlers · maelrs · malerrs · malerss · malesr · mallers · malres · mlaers
Mals ← amls · malls · malss · masl · mlas · mmals

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Malers" for "Mals" ever safe?

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

Which is more common, "Malers" or "Mals"?

"Malers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,994 in our German list, against #48,319 for "Mals". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "Malers" 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 #480,393 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"Malers" 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 #480,393 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.