mirvsmmaTell them apart

Quick tell: mir is a pronoun, mma is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#62
“mir” frequency rank
#39,528
“mma” frequency rank
39590
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mir mma
Definition Dativ der ersten Person Singular Plural des Substantivs ɔba

Letter map: mir vs mma

Shared letters muted; letters that set mir and mma apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mir (CVC) and mma (CCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

3 ch
mir
3 ch
mma

Part-of-speech tell for mir / mma

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mir is apronoun and mmaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39590, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mir is recorded at frequency rank #62, classified as apron, pronounced [miːɐ̯]. mma is at rank #39,528, 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 39590, this pair ranks #1,532,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mir vs mma

Shared letters: m. Private to "mir": ir. Private to "mma": a.

"mir" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "mma" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mir" and "mma" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mir" is a pronoun and "mma" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "mir" or "mma" show up more?
"mir" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #62 in our German list, against #39,528 for "mma". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "mir" vs "mma" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mir" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,532,520 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mir" and "mma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mma vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,532,520 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