Which to use
“mam” is a verb and “mays” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,901
- “mam” frequency rank
- #44,064
- “mays” frequency rank
- 79965
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mam | mays |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs měś | das Artepitheton für den Mais (Zea mays) |
Letter map: mam vs mays
Shared letters muted; letters that set mam and mays apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mam runs 3 letters (CVC) against mays's 4 (CVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mam / mays
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mam is averb and maysanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79965, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mam is recorded at frequency rank #35,901, classified as averb, pronounced [mam]. mays is at rank #44,064, tagged as anoun, 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 79965, this pair ranks #205,361 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mam vs mays
Shared letters: am. Private to "mam": -. Private to "mays": sy.
"mam" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mays" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mays ← amys · masy · mayss · mayys · mmays · myas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mam" and "mays" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mam" or "mays"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "mam" and "mays". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mays" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,361 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mam" and "mays" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mays 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 #205,361 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.