Which to use
“meide” is a verb and “Melder” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,897
- “meide” frequency rank
- #46,839
- “Melder” frequency rank
- 85736
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meide | Melder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meiden | Person oder technisches Gerät, die/das Meldung macht oder eine Information transportiert |
Where the eye mixes meide and Melder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meide runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against Melder's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meide and Melder
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meide is [ˈmaɪ̯də] while Melder is [ˈmɛldɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85736, 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]. Melder is at rank #46,839, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛldɐ].
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 85736, this pair ranks #103,876 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of meide vs Melder
Shared letters: dem. Private to "meide": i. Private to "Melder": lr.
"meide" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Melder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meide" and "Melder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "meide" or "Melder" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "meide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Melder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #103,876 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meide" and "Melder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Melder vs murder". 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 #103,876 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.