Which to use
“mobile” and “mobiles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,606
- “mobile” frequency rank
- #20,345
- “mobiles” frequency rank
- 23951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobile | mobiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil |
Where the eye mixes mobile and mobiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between mobile and mobiles
A purely visual mix-up. mobile ([moˈbiːlə]) and mobiles ([moˈbiːləs]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “mobile” sits inside “mobiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23951, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobile is recorded at frequency rank #3,606, classified as anadj, pronounced [moˈbiːlə]. mobiles is at rank #20,345, tagged as anadj, pronounced [moˈbiːləs].
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 23951, this pair ranks #1,854,345 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mobile vs mobiles
Shared letters: beilmo. Private to "mobile": -. Private to "mobiles": s.
"mobile" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "mobiles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mobile" and "mobiles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "mobile" or "mobiles" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "mobile" and "mobiles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobile" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mobiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,854,345 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobile" and "mobiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mobiles vs Movies". 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 #1,854,345 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.