Which to use
“made” and “mass” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #126
- “made” frequency rank
- #1,428
- “mass” frequency rank
- 1554
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | made | mass |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A grub or maggot. | Matter, material. |
Where the eye mixes made and mass
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. made (/meːd/) and mass (/mæs/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 1554, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
made is recorded at frequency rank #126, classified as anoun, pronounced /meːd/. mass is at rank #1,428, tagged as anoun, pronounced /mæs/.
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 1554, this pair ranks #527,189 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of made vs mass
Shared letters: am. Private to "made": de. Private to "mass": s.
"made" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "mass" · 4 letters · shape CVCC