mediavsSpäthWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: media is a noun, Späth is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“media” is a noun and “Späth” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,351
“media” frequency rank
#47,741
“Späth” frequency rank
50092
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature media Späth
Definition Durchschnitt deutscher Nachname, Familienname

Letter map: media vs Späth

Shared letters muted; letters that set media and Späth apart highlighted. No shared letter run. media (CVCVV) and Späth (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
media
5 ch
Späth

Grammar separator: media vs Späth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: media is anoun and Späthaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50092, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

media is recorded at frequency rank #2,351, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Späth is at rank #47,741, tagged as aname, 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 50092, this pair ranks #1,186,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of media vs Späth

Shared letters: none. Private to "media": adeim. Private to "Späth": hpstä.

"media" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "Späth" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mediaemdia · mdeia · medai · meddia · meida · mmedia

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "media" for "Späth" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "media" is a noun and "Späth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "media" or "Späth"?
"media" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,351 in our German list, against #47,741 for "Späth". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "media" and "Späth". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "media" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Späth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,186,946 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "media" and "Späth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Späth". 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 #1,186,946 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