meavsmlConfusable pair

Quick tell: mea is a pronoun, ml is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“mea” is a pronoun and “ml” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,498
“mea” frequency rank
#8,106
“ml” frequency rank
44604
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mea ml
Definition Possessivpronomen der 1. Person Singular ‚mein‘, ‚meine‘ Milliliter

Letter map: mea vs ml

Shared letters muted; letters that set mea and ml apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
mea
2 ch
ml

Role in the sentence - mea and ml

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mea is apronoun and mlanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44604, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mea is recorded at frequency rank #36,498, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈmea]. 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 44604, this pair ranks #1,380,790 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mea vs ml

Shared letters: m. Private to "mea": ae. Private to "ml": l.

"mea" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "ml" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mea" and "ml" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mea" is a pronoun and "ml" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mea" or "ml"?
"ml" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,106 in our German list, against #36,498 for "mea". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "mea" vs "ml" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mea" 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 #1,380,790 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mea" and "ml" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mea vs mora". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,380,790 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