Which to use
“meide” and “meinen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,897
- “meide” frequency rank
- #280
- “meinen” frequency rank
- 39177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meide | meinen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meiden | einen bestimmten Standpunkt oder eine bestimmte Meinung vertreten |
Where the eye mixes meide and meinen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meide runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against meinen's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meide and meinen
A purely visual mix-up. meide ([ˈmaɪ̯də]) and meinen ([ˈmaɪ̯nən]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39177, 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]. meinen is at rank #280, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯nən].
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 39177, this pair ranks #1,543,966 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meide vs meinen
Shared letters: eim. Private to "meide": d. Private to "meinen": n.
"meide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "meinen" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meide" and "meinen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "meide" or "meinen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "meide" and "meinen" 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 "meinen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,543,966 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meide" and "meinen" 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 #1,543,966 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.