melden vs mildes, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“melden” is a verb and “mildes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,816
“melden” frequency rank: #45,457
“mildes” frequency rank: 47273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	melden	mildes
Definition	ein Ereignis (beispielsweise einem Vorgesetzten oder einer offiziellen Stelle) berichten	Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mild

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set melden and mildes apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

melden

6 ch

mildes

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: melden is [ˈmɛldn̩] while mildes is [ˈmɪldəs]. 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 adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

melden is recorded at frequency rank #1,816, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmɛldn̩]. mildes is at rank #45,457, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪldəs].

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 47273, this pair ranks #1,290,125 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of melden vs mildes

Shared letters: delm. Private to "melden": n. Private to "mildes": is.

"melden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mildes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

melden ← emlden · medlen · meldden · meldenn · meldne · meledn · mellden · mleden
mildes ← imldes · midles · milddes · mildess · mildse · mileds · milldes · mlides

Frequency comparison

melden#1,816

mildes#45,457

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "melden" and "mildes" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "melden" is a verb and "mildes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "melden" or "mildes"?

"melden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,816 in our German list, against #45,457 for "mildes". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Remembering melden vs mildes

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “melden”; for an adjective, it's “mildes”.
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