MehrervsmemberWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Mehrer” and “member” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#41,985
“Mehrer” frequency rank
#20,666
“member” frequency rank
62651
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mehrer member
Definition Person, die eine größere Menge von etwas anhäuft Angehöriger, Mitglied

Where the eye mixes Mehrer and member

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Mehrer and member follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
Mehrer
6 ch
member

Why the eye confuses Mehrer with member

A purely visual mix-up. Mehrer ([ˈmeːʁɐ]) and member ([ˈmɛmbə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62651, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mehrer is recorded at frequency rank #41,985, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmeːʁɐ]. member is at rank #20,666, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛmbə].

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 62651, this pair ranks #705,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Mehrer vs member

Shared letters: emr. Private to "Mehrer": h. Private to "member": b.

"Mehrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "member" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mehrer ← emhrer · meherr · mehhrer · mehrerr · mehrre · mehrrer · merher · mherer
  • member ← emmber · mebmer · membber · memberr · membre · memebr · memmber · mmeber

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Mehrer" for "member" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmeːʁɐ] versus [ˈmɛmbə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Mehrer" vs "member" - which ranks higher?
"member" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,666 in our German list, against #41,985 for "Mehrer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Mehrer" and "member" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mehrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "member" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #705,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mehrer" and "member" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mehrer vs Möhre". 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 #705,054 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