Which to use
“mies” and “mieses” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,597
- “mies” frequency rank
- #30,686
- “mieses” frequency rank
- 39283
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mies | mieses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | auf verdrießlicher, ärgerlicher, ablehnender Art und Weise schlecht; wertlos, elend, übel | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mies |
Where the eye mixes mies and mieses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. mies runs 4 letters (CVVC) against mieses's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: mies vs mieses
A purely visual mix-up. mies ([miːs]) and mieses ([ˈmiːzəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “mies” sits inside “mieses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39283, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mies is recorded at frequency rank #8,597, classified as anadj, pronounced [miːs]. mieses is at rank #30,686, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmiːzəs].
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 39283, this pair ranks #1,541,026 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mies vs mieses
Shared letters: eims. Private to "mies": -. Private to "mieses": -.
"mies" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "mieses" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mies" and "mieses" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mies" or "mieses"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "mies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mieses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,541,026 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mies" and "mieses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mieses vs mietet". 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 #1,541,026 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.