Which to use
“milden” and “mildes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,988
- “milden” frequency rank
- #45,457
- “mildes” frequency rank
- 63445
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | milden | mildes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mild | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mild |
Where the eye mixes milden and mildes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. milden and mildes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: milden vs mildes
A purely visual mix-up. milden ([ˈmɪldn̩]) and mildes ([ˈmɪldəs]) 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 a single letter - n in “milden” becomes s in “mildes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63445, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
milden is recorded at frequency rank #17,988, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪldn̩]. mildes is at rank #45,457, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɪldəs].
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 63445, this pair ranks #676,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of milden vs mildes
Shared letters: deilm. Private to "milden": n. Private to "mildes": s.
"milden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mildes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "milden" and "mildes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "milden" vs "mildes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "milden" and "mildes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "milden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mildes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #676,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "milden" and "mildes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mildes 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
Confusion rank #676,590 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.