mild vs mir, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“mild” is an adjective and “mir” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,330
“mild” frequency rank: #62
“mir” frequency rank: 18392
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mild	mir
Definition	nicht stark im Geschmack	Dativ der ersten Person Singular

Where the eye mixes mild and mir

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch

mild

3 ch

mir

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: mild is [mɪlt] while mir is [miːɐ̯]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18392, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mild is recorded at frequency rank #18,330, classified as anadj, pronounced [mɪlt]. mir is at rank #62, tagged as apron, pronounced [miːɐ̯].

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 18392, this pair ranks #1,918,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mild vs mir

Shared letters: im. Private to "mild": dl. Private to "mir": r.

"mild" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "mir" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Known mistypes of this pair

mild ← imld · midl · mildd · milld · mlid · mmild

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mild" and "mir" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mild" is an adjective and "mir" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "mild" or "mir"?

"mir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #62 in our German list, against #18,330 for "mild". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "mild" and "mir". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "mild" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "mir" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,918,670 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mild" and "mir" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mild vs Milfs". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.