Which to use
“meet” and “merkt” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,232
- “meet” frequency rank
- #2,912
- “merkt” frequency rank
- 26144
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meet | merkt |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jemanden treffen, jemandem begegnen | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs merken |
Where the eye mixes meet and merkt
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. meet runs 4 letters (CVVC) against merkt's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meet and merkt
A purely visual mix-up. meet ([miːt]) and merkt ([mɛʁkt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26144, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meet is recorded at frequency rank #23,232, classified as averb, pronounced [miːt]. merkt is at rank #2,912, tagged as averb, pronounced [mɛʁkt].
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 26144, this pair ranks #1,822,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meet vs merkt
Shared letters: emt. Private to "meet": -. Private to "merkt": kr.
"meet" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "merkt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meet" and "merkt" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meet" vs "merkt" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "merkt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,822,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meet" and "merkt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meet vs Memel". 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 #1,822,503 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.