Which to use
“meat” is a noun and “mehr” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,349
- “meat” frequency rank
- #61
- “mehr” frequency rank
- 43410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meat | mehr |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | die als Nahrung gedachte Muskulatur | über viel hinausgehend; eine bestimmte Anzahl/Menge übersteigend |
Where the eye mixes meat and mehr
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. meat (CVVC) and mehr (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: meat vs mehr
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meat is [miːt] while mehr is [meːɐ̯]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meat is recorded at frequency rank #43,349, classified as anoun, pronounced [miːt]. mehr is at rank #61, tagged as apron, pronounced [meːɐ̯].
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 43410, this pair ranks #1,419,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meat vs mehr
Shared letters: em. Private to "meat": at. Private to "mehr": hr.
"meat" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mehr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "meat" for "mehr" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "meat" or "mehr" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "meat" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mehr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,419,013 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meat" and "mehr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meat vs Mette". 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 #1,419,013 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.