Which to use
“meide” and “meiden” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,897
- “meide” frequency rank
- #11,482
- “meiden” frequency rank
- 50379
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meide | meiden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meiden | etwas dafür tun, einer Person oder Sache nicht zu begegnen |
Where the eye mixes meide and meiden
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. meide runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against meiden's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses meide with meiden
A purely visual mix-up. meide ([ˈmaɪ̯də]) and meiden ([ˈmaɪ̯dn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “meide” sits inside “meiden”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50379, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meide is recorded at frequency rank #38,897, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯də]. meiden is at rank #11,482, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯dn̩].
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 50379, this pair ranks #1,175,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of meide vs meiden
Shared letters: deim. Private to "meide": -. Private to "meiden": n.
"meide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "meiden" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "meide" and "meiden" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "meide" or "meiden"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "meide" and "meiden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meiden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,175,867 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meide" and "meiden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meide vs Mette". 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 #1,175,867 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.