Which to use
“mes” is an unknown and “MESZ” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,176
- “mes” frequency rank
- #30,200
- “MESZ” frequency rank
- 61376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mes | MESZ |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens mon | Mitteleuropäische Sommerzeit |
Letter map: mes vs MESZ
Shared letters muted; letters that set mes and MESZ apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for mes / MESZ
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mes is anunknown and MESZanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “mes” sits inside “MESZ”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mes is recorded at frequency rank #31,176, classified as anunknown, pronounced [me]. 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 61376, this pair ranks #752,183 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mes vs MESZ
Shared letters: ems. Private to "mes": -. Private to "MESZ": z.
"mes" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "MESZ" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- MESZ ← emsz · messz · meszz · mezs · mmesz · msez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mes" and "MESZ" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mes" vs "MESZ" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mes" and "MESZ".
- Full dictionary entry for "mes" 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 #752,183 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mes" and "MESZ" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mals vs mes". 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 #752,183 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.