Which to use
“meiden” and “meinen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,482
- “meiden” frequency rank
- #280
- “meinen” frequency rank
- 11762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meiden | meinen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas dafür tun, einer Person oder Sache nicht zu begegnen | einen bestimmten Standpunkt oder eine bestimmte Meinung vertreten |
Where the eye mixes meiden and meinen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. meiden and meinen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between meiden and meinen
A purely visual mix-up. meiden ([ˈmaɪ̯dn̩]) 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 a single letter - d in “meiden” becomes n in “meinen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meiden is recorded at frequency rank #11,482, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯dn̩]. 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 11762, this pair ranks #1,968,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meiden vs meinen
Shared letters: eimn. Private to "meiden": d. Private to "meinen": -.
"meiden" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "meinen" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meiden" and "meinen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "meiden" or "meinen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "meiden" and "meinen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "meiden" 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 #1,968,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meiden" and "meinen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mailen vs meiden". 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 #1,968,049 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.