Which to use
“Mals” is a name and “singles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,319
- “Mals” frequency rank
- #3,773
- “singles” frequency rank
- 52092
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mals | singles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine Gemeinde in Südtirol | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single |
Letter map: Mals vs singles
Shared letters muted; letters that set Mals and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Mals runs 4 letters (CVCC) against singles's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - Mals and singles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mals is aname and singlesaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mals is recorded at frequency rank #48,319, classified as aname, pronounced […]. singles is at rank #3,773, tagged as averb, 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 52092, this pair ranks #1,110,255 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Mals vs singles
Shared letters: ls. Private to "Mals": am. Private to "singles": egin.
"Mals" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Mals" and "singles" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "Mals" or "singles" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Mals" and "singles". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mals" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "singles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,110,255 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mals" and "singles" 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 #1,110,255 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.