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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.

6 ch
milden
6 ch
mildes

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

  • milden ← imlden · midlen · mildden · mildenn · mildne · miledn · millden · mliden
  • mildes ← imldes · midles · milddes · mildess · mildse · mileds · milldes · mlides

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "milden" and "mildes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmɪldn̩] versus [ˈmɪldəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "milden" vs "mildes" - which ranks higher?
"milden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,988 in our German list, against #45,457 for "mildes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list