Which to use
“Meile” is a noun and “meiste” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,698
- “Meile” frequency rank
- #6,087
- “meiste” frequency rank
- 21785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Meile | meiste |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Längenmaß in der Größenordnung von 1 bis 11 Kilometer, früher in Deutschland und Österreich etwa 7,5 Kilometer entsprechend, noch heute offiziell im Vereinigten Königreich und in den Vereinigten Staaten (1,609 Kilometer) sowie inoffiziell noch in Norwegen und Schweden (10 Kilometer) | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs meist |
Where the eye mixes Meile and meiste
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Meile runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against meiste's 6 (CVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Meile vs meiste
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Meile is [ˈmaɪ̯lə] while meiste is [ˈmaɪ̯stə]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Meile is recorded at frequency rank #15,698, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯lə]. meiste is at rank #6,087, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯stə].
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 21785, this pair ranks #1,882,172 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Meile vs meiste
Shared letters: eim. Private to "Meile": l. Private to "meiste": st.
"Meile" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "meiste" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Meile" and "meiste" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Meile" or "meiste"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Meile" and "meiste" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Meile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "meiste" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,882,172 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Meile" and "meiste" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mailen vs Meile". 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 #1,882,172 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.