Which to use
“meets” is a verb and “of” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,844
- “meets” frequency rank
- #324
- “of” frequency rank
- 28168
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meets | of |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meet | von |
Letter map: meets vs of
Shared letters muted; letters that set meets and of apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Grammar separator: meets vs of
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meets is averb and ofapreposition. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meets is recorded at frequency rank #27,844, classified as averb, pronounced […]. of is at rank #324, tagged as aprep, 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 28168, this pair ranks #1,789,387 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meets vs of
Shared letters: none. Private to "meets": emst. Private to "of": fo.
"meets" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "of" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- meets ← emets · meest · meetss · meetts · metes · mets · mmeets
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meets" and "of" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "meets" vs "of" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "meets" and "of".
- Full dictionary entry for "meets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "of" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,789,387 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meets" and "of" 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 #1,789,387 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.