Which to use
“mille” is a num and “subs” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,671
- “mille” frequency rank
- #25,786
- “subs” frequency rank
- 51457
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mille | subs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tausend | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sub |
Letter map: mille vs subs
Shared letters muted; letters that set mille and subs apart highlighted. No shared letter run. mille runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against subs's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: mille vs subs
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mille is anum and subsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51457, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mille is recorded at frequency rank #25,671, classified as anum, pronounced […]. subs is at rank #25,786, tagged as averb, 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 51457, this pair ranks #1,134,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mille vs subs
Shared letters: none. Private to "mille": eilm. Private to "subs": bsu.
"mille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "subs" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mille" and "subs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "mille" or "subs"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "mille" and "subs". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "subs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,134,829 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mille" and "subs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs subs". 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 #1,134,829 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.