melkvsMESZWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: melk is a adjective, MESZ is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“melk” is an adjective and “MESZ” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,987
“melk” frequency rank
#30,200
“MESZ” frequency rank
72187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature melk MESZ
Definition Milch gebend Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit

Letter map: melk vs MESZ

Shared letters muted; letters that set melk and MESZ apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
melk
4 ch
MESZ

Part-of-speech tell for melk / MESZ

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: melk is anadjective and MESZanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

melk is recorded at frequency rank #41,987, classified as anadj, pronounced [mɛlk]. MESZ is at rank #30,200, tagged as anabbrev.

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 72187, this pair ranks #395,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of melk vs MESZ

Shared letters: em. Private to "melk": kl. Private to "MESZ": sz.

"melk" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "MESZ" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • melkemlk · mekl · melkk · mellk · mlek · mmelk
  • MESZemsz · messz · meszz · mezs · mmesz · msez

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "melk" and "MESZ" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "melk" is an adjective and "MESZ" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "melk" or "MESZ"?
"MESZ" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,200 in our German list, against #41,987 for "melk". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "melk" vs "MESZ" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "melk" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "MESZ" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #395,328 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "melk" and "MESZ" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals vs melk". 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 #395,328 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list