megvsMESZWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: meg is a adverb, MESZ is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“meg” is an adverb and “MESZ” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,681
“meg” frequency rank
#30,200
“MESZ” frequency rank
61881
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature meg MESZ
Definition Präteritum: kennzeichnet eine Handlung als abgeschlossen Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Letter map: meg vs MESZ

Shared letters muted; letters that set meg and MESZ apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
meg
4 ch
MESZ

Part-of-speech tell for meg / MESZ

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: meg is anadverb and MESZanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61881, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

meg is recorded at frequency rank #31,681, classified as anadv, pronounced [mɛɡ]. MESZ is at rank #30,200, tagged as anabbrev.

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 61881, this pair ranks #733,207 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of meg vs MESZ

Shared letters: em. Private to "meg": g. Private to "MESZ": sz.

"meg" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "MESZ" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • MESZemsz · messz · meszz · mezs · mmesz · msez

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "meg" for "MESZ" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "meg" is an adverb and "MESZ" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "meg" or "MESZ" show up more?
"MESZ" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,200 in our German list, against #31,681 for "meg". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "meg" vs "MESZ" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "meg" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "MESZ" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #733,207 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "meg" and "MESZ" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meg vs mme". 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 #733,207 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