MayrvsmdrWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Mayr is a name, mdr is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mayr” is a name and “mdr” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,353
“Mayr” frequency rank
#9,949
“mdr” frequency rank
31302
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mayr mdr
Definition deutscher Familienname sehr lustig; lol

Letter map: Mayr vs mdr

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mayr and mdr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Mayr
3 ch
mdr

Role in the sentence - Mayr and mdr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mayr is aname and mdranabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mayr is recorded at frequency rank #21,353, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯ɐ]. mdr is at rank #9,949, tagged as anabbrev, 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 31302, this pair ranks #1,730,859 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Mayr vs mdr

Shared letters: mr. Private to "Mayr": ay. Private to "mdr": d.

"Mayr" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "mdr" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mayramyr · mayrr · mayyr · mmayr · myar

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Mayr" and "mdr" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mayr" is a name and "mdr" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Mayr" or "mdr" show up more?
"mdr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,949 in our German list, against #21,353 for "Mayr". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Mayr" and "mdr".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mayr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mdr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,730,859 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mayr" and "mdr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals vs Mayr". 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 #1,730,859 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list