MilesvssamplesConfusable pair

Quick tell: Miles is a name, samples is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Miles” is a name and “samples” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,539
“Miles” frequency rank
#42,107
“samples” frequency rank
54646
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Miles samples
Definition englischer männlicher Vorname Plural des Substantivs sample

Letter map: Miles vs samples

Shared letters muted; letters that set Miles and samples apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Miles runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against samples's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Miles
7 ch
samples

Grammar separator: Miles vs samples

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Miles is aname and samplesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54646, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Miles is recorded at frequency rank #12,539, classified as aname, pronounced […]. samples is at rank #42,107, 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 54646, this pair ranks #1,010,693 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Miles vs samples

Shared letters: elms. Private to "Miles": i. Private to "samples": ap.

"Miles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "samples" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Milesimles · miels · miless · milles · milse · mlies · mmiles
  • samplesasmples · samlpes · sammples · sampels · sampless · samplles · samplse · sampples

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Miles" for "samples" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Miles" is a name and "samples" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Miles" or "samples" show up more?
"Miles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,539 in our German list, against #42,107 for "samples". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Miles" vs "samples" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Miles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "samples" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,010,693 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Miles" and "samples" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs samples". 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 #1,010,693 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