Which to use
“meidet” is a verb and “meines” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,802
- “meidet” frequency rank
- #1,137
- “meines” frequency rank
- 35939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meidet | meines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs meiden | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum des Possessivpronomens mein |
Where the eye mixes meidet and meines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meidet and meines follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: meidet vs meines
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meidet is [ˈmaɪ̯dət] while meines is [ˈmaɪ̯nəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs unknown), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meidet is recorded at frequency rank #34,802, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯dət]. meines is at rank #1,137, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯nəs].
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 35939, this pair ranks #1,627,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meidet vs meines
Shared letters: eim. Private to "meidet": dt. Private to "meines": ns.
"meidet" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "meines" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meidet" and "meines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "meidet" or "meines"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "meidet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,627,864 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meidet" and "meines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "meidet vs Melder". 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 #1,627,864 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.