MfGvsmmaTell them apart

Quick tell: MfG is a abbrev, mma is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“MfG” is an abbrev and “mma” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#22,061
“MfG” frequency rank
#39,528
“mma” frequency rank
61589
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature MfG mma
Definition Mit freundlichem Gruß oder Mit freundlichen Grüßen Plural des Substantivs ɔba

Letter map: MfG vs mma

Shared letters muted; letters that set MfG and mma apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
MfG
3 ch
mma

Part-of-speech tell for MfG / mma

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: MfG is anabbrev and mmaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61589, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

MfG is recorded at frequency rank #22,061, classified as anabbrev. mma is at rank #39,528, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 61589, this pair ranks #744,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of MfG vs mma

Shared letters: m. Private to "MfG": fg. Private to "mma": a.

"MfG" · 3 letters · shape CCC  ·  "mma" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "MfG" for "mma" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "MfG" is an abbrev and "mma" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "MfG" or "mma" show up more?
"MfG" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,061 in our German list, against #39,528 for "mma". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "MfG" and "mma".

  • Full dictionary entry for "MfG" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #744,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "MfG" and "mma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mma vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #744,100 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