Which to use
“mobilen” and “mobiles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,595
- “mobilen” frequency rank
- #20,345
- “mobiles” frequency rank
- 29940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mobilen | mobiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs mobil |
Where the eye mixes mobilen and mobiles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. mobilen and mobiles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses mobilen with mobiles
A purely visual mix-up. mobilen ([moˈbiːlən]) 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 a single letter - n in “mobilen” becomes s in “mobiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mobilen is recorded at frequency rank #9,595, classified as anadj, pronounced [moˈbiːlən]. 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 29940, this pair ranks #1,757,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mobilen vs mobiles
Shared letters: beilmo. Private to "mobilen": n. Private to "mobiles": s.
"mobilen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "mobiles" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mobilen" and "mobiles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "mobilen" vs "mobiles" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "mobilen" and "mobiles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "mobilen" 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 #1,757,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mobilen" and "mobiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mailen vs mobilen". 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 #1,757,403 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.