Which to use
“meine” is an unknown and “Melone” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #106
- “meine” frequency rank
- #29,694
- “Melone” frequency rank
- 29800
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | meine | Melone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum des Possessivpronomens mein | ein in den Tropen vorkommendes Gewächs und seine große süße Frucht |
Where the eye mixes meine and Melone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. meine runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against Melone's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between meine and Melone
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: meine is [ˈmaɪ̯nə] while Melone is [meˈloːnə]. 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 (unknown vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29800, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
meine is recorded at frequency rank #106, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈmaɪ̯nə]. Melone is at rank #29,694, tagged as anoun, pronounced [meˈloːnə].
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 29800, this pair ranks #1,760,060 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of meine vs Melone
Shared letters: emn. Private to "meine": i. Private to "Melone": lo.
"meine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "Melone" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "meine" and "Melone" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "meine" or "Melone"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "meine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Melone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,760,060 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "meine" and "Melone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Melina vs Melone". 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 #1,760,060 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.