Which to use
“mace” is a noun and “ME” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,879
- “mace” frequency rank
- #36
- “ME” frequency rank
- 18915
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mace | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A heavy fighting club. | Abbreviation of Maine: a state of the United States. |
Letter map: mace vs ME
Shared letters muted; letters that set mace and ME apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - mace and ME
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mace is anoun and MEaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18915, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mace is recorded at frequency rank #18,879, classified as anoun, pronounced /meɪs/. ME is at rank #36, tagged as aname.
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 18915, this pair ranks #441,734 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mace vs ME
Shared letters: em. Private to "mace": ac. Private to "ME": -.
"mace" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "ME" · 2 letters · shape CV
Known mistypes of this pair
- mace ← amce · macce · maec · mcae · mmace
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mace" for "ME" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "mace" or "ME" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mace" and "ME".
- Full dictionary entry for "mace" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ME" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #441,734 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mace" and "ME" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mace vs Marne". 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 #441,734 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.