Which to use
“Mads” is a name and “maj” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,437
- “Mads” frequency rank
- #18,249
- “maj” frequency rank
- 65686
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mads | maj |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Prénom masculin. | Major. |
Letter map: Mads vs maj
Shared letters muted; letters that set Mads and maj apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for Mads / maj
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mads is aname and majanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65686, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mads is recorded at frequency rank #47,437, classified as aname. maj is at rank #18,249, tagged as anoun, pronounced \maʒ\.
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 65686, this pair ranks #71,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Mads vs maj
Shared letters: am. Private to "Mads": ds. Private to "maj": j.
"Mads" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "maj" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Mads ← amds · madds · madss · masd · mdas · mmads
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Mads" for "maj" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Mads" vs "maj" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "Mads" and "maj". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mads" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maj" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,200 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mads" and "maj" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mads vs mud". 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 #71,200 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.