Which to use
“mays” is a noun and “mes” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,064
- “mays” frequency rank
- #31,176
- “mes” frequency rank
- 75240
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mays | mes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Artepitheton für den Mais (Zea mays) | Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens mon |
Letter map: mays vs mes
Shared letters muted; letters that set mays and mes apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - mays and mes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mays is anoun and mesanunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75240, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mays is recorded at frequency rank #44,064, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mes is at rank #31,176, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [me].
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 75240, this pair ranks #312,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mays vs mes
Shared letters: ms. Private to "mays": ay. Private to "mes": e.
"mays" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mes" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- mays ← amys · masy · mayss · mayys · mmays · myas
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mays" and "mes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "mays" or "mes" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "mays" and "mes". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mays" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #312,958 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mays" and "mes" 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 #312,958 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.