Which to use
“Melder” is a noun and “milder” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,839
- “Melder” frequency rank
- #25,670
- “milder” frequency rank
- 72509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Melder | milder |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person oder technisches Gerät, die/das Meldung macht oder eine Information transportiert | Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mild |
Where the eye mixes Melder and milder
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Melder and milder follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Melder vs milder
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Melder is [ˈmɛldɐ] while milder is [ˈmɪldɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “Melder” becomes i in “milder”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Melder is recorded at frequency rank #46,839, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmɛldɐ]. milder is at rank #25,670, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪldɐ].
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 72509, this pair ranks #386,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Melder vs milder
Shared letters: delmr. Private to "Melder": -. Private to "milder": i.
"Melder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "milder" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Melder" for "milder" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Melder" or "milder" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Melder" and "milder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Melder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "milder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #386,422 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Melder" and "milder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Melder vs murder". 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 #386,422 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.