Which to use
“Mals” is a name and “meld” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,319
- “Mals” frequency rank
- #28,760
- “meld” frequency rank
- 77079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mals | meld |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Gemeinde in Südtirol | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs melden |
Letter map: Mals vs meld
Shared letters muted; letters that set Mals and meld apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Mals and meld follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for Mals / meld
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mals is aname and meldaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mals is recorded at frequency rank #48,319, classified as aname, pronounced […]. meld is at rank #28,760, tagged as averb, pronounced [mɛlt].
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 77079, this pair ranks #268,971 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Mals vs meld
Shared letters: lm. Private to "Mals": as. Private to "meld": de.
"Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "meld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Mals" and "meld" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Mals" vs "meld" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Mals" and "meld".
- Full dictionary entry for "Mals" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meld" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #268,971 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mals" and "meld" 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 #268,971 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.