Which to use
“meets” is a verb and “mes” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,844
- “meets” frequency rank
- #31,176
- “mes” frequency rank
- 59020
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meets | mes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meet | Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens mon |
Letter map: meets vs mes
Shared letters muted; letters that set meets and mes apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - meets and mes
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meets is averb and mesanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59020, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meets is recorded at frequency rank #27,844, classified as averb, pronounced […]. mes is at rank #31,176, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [me].
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 59020, this pair ranks #840,386 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meets vs mes
Shared letters: ems. Private to "meets": t. Private to "mes": -.
"meets" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "mes" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meets ← emets · meest · meetss · meetts · metes · mets · mmeets
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meets" and "mes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "meets" or "mes" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "meets" vs "mes" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "meets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #840,386 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meets" and "mes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals vs mes". 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 #840,386 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.