Which to use
“mar” is a verb and “mays” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,521
- “mar” frequency rank
- #44,064
- “mays” frequency rank
- 54585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mar | mays |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas stören, beeinträchtigen, beschädigen, verderben, verunstalten | das Artepitheton für den Mais (Zea mays) |
Letter map: mar vs mays
Shared letters muted; letters that set mar and mays apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for mar / mays
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mar is averb and maysanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mar is recorded at frequency rank #10,521, classified as averb, pronounced [mɑːʳ]. 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 54585, this pair ranks #1,013,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mar vs mays
Shared letters: am. Private to "mar": r. Private to "mays": sy.
"mar" · 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 "mar" and "mays" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "mar" or "mays" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "mar" vs "mays" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mar" 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 #1,013,067 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mar" 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 #1,013,067 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.