Which to use
“malt” is a verb and “ml” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,197
- “malt” frequency rank
- #8,106
- “ml” frequency rank
- 21303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | malt | ml |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen | Milliliter |
Letter map: malt vs ml
Shared letters muted; letters that set malt and ml apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for malt / ml
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: malt is averb and mlanabbrev. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
malt is recorded at frequency rank #13,197, classified as averb, pronounced [maːlt]. ml is at rank #8,106, tagged as anabbrev.
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 21303, this pair ranks #1,887,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of malt vs ml
Shared letters: lm. Private to "malt": at. Private to "ml": -.
"malt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "ml" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- malt ← amlt · mallt · maltt · matl · mlat · mmalt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "malt" for "ml" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "malt" or "ml" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "malt" and "ml". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "malt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ml" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,887,854 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "malt" and "ml" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals vs malt". 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 #1,887,854 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.