Which to use
“mah” is a determiner and “merah” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,174
- “mah” frequency rank
- #23,609
- “merah” frequency rank
- 57783
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mah | merah |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mon, ma. | Rouge. |
Letter map: mah vs merah
Shared letters muted; letters that set mah and merah apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mah runs 3 letters (CVC) against merah's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mah / merah
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mah is adeterminer and merahanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57783, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mah is recorded at frequency rank #34,174, classified as adet, pronounced \mɑː\. merah is at rank #23,609, tagged as anadj.
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 57783, this pair ranks #112,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mah vs merah
Shared letters: ahm. Private to "mah": -. Private to "merah": er.
"mah" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "merah" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- merah ← emrah · mearh · merahh · merha · merrah · mmerah · mreah
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "mah" and "merah" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "mah" vs "merah" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "mah" vs "merah" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "merah" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #112,990 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mah" and "merah" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mah vs MWh". 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 #112,990 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.