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“diaries” and “mario” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,100
“diaries” frequency rank
#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
46011
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature diaries mario
Definition Plural des Substantivs diary der Ehemann

Letter map: diaries vs mario

Shared letters muted; letters that set diaries and mario apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. diaries runs 7 letters (CVVCVVC) against mario's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
diaries
5 ch
mario

Corpus notes: diaries and mario

diaries and mario are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

diaries is recorded at frequency rank #43,100, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mario is at rank #2,911, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 46011, this pair ranks #1,333,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of diaries vs mario

Shared letters: air. Private to "diaries": des. Private to "mario": mo.

"diaries" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVVC  ·  "mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • diaries ← dairies · ddiaries · diaires · diareis · diariess · diarise · diarries · diraies
  • mario ← amrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "diaries" and "mario" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "diaries" vs "mario" - which ranks higher?
"mario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,911 in our German list, against #43,100 for "diaries". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "diaries" and "mario". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "diaries" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mario" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,333,543 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "diaries" and "mario" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "diaries vs puzzles". 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 #1,333,543 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list