Which to use
“mab” and “mate” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,175
- “mab” frequency rank
- #2,743
- “mate” frequency rank
- 49918
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mab | mate |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A slattern. | A fellow, comrade, colleague, partner or someone with whom something is shared, e.g. shipmate, classmate. |
Letter map: mab vs mate
Shared letters muted; letters that set mab and mate apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
mab and mate are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mab is recorded at frequency rank #47,175, classified as anoun. mate is at rank #2,743, tagged as anoun, pronounced /meɪt/.
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 49918, this pair ranks #179,069 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mab vs mate
Shared letters: am. Private to "mab": b. Private to "mate": et.
"mab" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "mate" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mate ← amte · mmate · mtae