meetsvsMemesConfusable pair

Quick tell: meets is a verb, Memes is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“meets” is a verb and “Memes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,844
“meets” frequency rank
#19,999
“Memes” frequency rank
47843
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meets Memes
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meet Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Meme

Letter map: meets vs Memes

Shared letters muted; letters that set meets and Memes apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
meets
5 ch
Memes

Role in the sentence - meets and Memes

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meets is averb and Memesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47843, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meets is recorded at frequency rank #27,844, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Memes is at rank #19,999, tagged as anoun, pronounced [miːms].

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 47843, this pair ranks #1,269,960 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meets vs Memes

Shared letters: ems. Private to "meets": t. Private to "Memes": -.

"meets" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Memes" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • meetsemets · meest · meetss · meetts · metes · mets · mmeets
  • Memesemmes · meems · memess · memmes · memse · mmees · mmemes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "meets" for "Memes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meets" is a verb and "Memes" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "meets" vs "Memes" - which ranks higher?
"Memes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,999 in our German list, against #27,844 for "meets". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meets" and "Memes".

  • Full dictionary entry for "meets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Memes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,269,960 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meets" and "Memes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meets 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 #1,269,960 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