MehrvsmendTell them apart

Quick tell: Mehr is a name, mend is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mehr” is a name and “mend” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,349
“Mehr” frequency rank
#18,888
“mend” frequency rank
67237
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mehr mend
Definition The seventh solar month of the Persian calendar. To physically repair (something that is broken, defaced, decayed, torn, or otherwise damaged).

Letter map: Mehr vs mend

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mehr and mend apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Mehr
4 ch
mend

Grammar separator: Mehr vs mend

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mehr is aname and mendaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67237, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mehr is recorded at frequency rank #48,349, classified as aname. mend is at rank #18,888, tagged as averb, pronounced /mɛnd/.

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 67237, this pair ranks #64,280 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Mehr vs mend

Shared letters: em. Private to "Mehr": hr. Private to "mend": dn.

"Mehr" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "mend" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Mehremhr · mehhr · mehrr · merh · mher · mmehr
  • mendemnd · medn · mendd · mennd · mmend · mned

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Mehr" and "mend" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mehr" is a name and "mend" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "Mehr" or "mend" show up more?
"mend" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,888 in our English list, against #48,349 for "Mehr". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Mehr" and "mend".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mehr" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mend" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,280 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mehr" and "mend" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mehr vs mela". 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 #64,280 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list