MedivsmegConfusable pair

Quick tell: Medi is a noun, meg is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Medi” is a noun and “meg” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,836
“Medi” frequency rank
#31,681
“meg” frequency rank
78517
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Medi meg
Definition September Präteritum: kennzeichnet eine Handlung als abgeschlossen

Letter map: Medi vs meg

Shared letters muted; letters that set Medi and meg apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Medi
3 ch
meg

Role in the sentence - Medi and meg

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Medi is anoun and meganadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78517, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Medi is recorded at frequency rank #46,836, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. meg is at rank #31,681, tagged as anadv, pronounced [mɛɡ].

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 78517, this pair ranks #236,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Medi vs meg

Shared letters: em. Private to "Medi": di. Private to "meg": g.

"Medi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "meg" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mediemdi · mdei · meddi · meid · mmedi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Medi" for "meg" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Medi" is a noun and "meg" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Medi" or "meg" show up more?
"meg" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,681 in our German list, against #46,836 for "Medi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Medi" and "meg". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Medi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "meg" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #236,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Medi" and "meg" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Medi 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 #236,579 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