familyvsmagneteConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#7,759
“family” frequency rank
#49,063
“magnete” frequency rank
56822
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature family magnete
Definition Familie ein ferromagnetischer Körper, der bestimmte andere Körper magnetisch anzieht oder abstößt

Letter map: family vs magnete

Shared letters muted; letters that set family and magnete apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against magnete's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
family
7 ch
magnete

Pair insight - family / magnete

family and magnete 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. magnete is at rank #49,063, 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 56822, this pair ranks #925,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of family vs magnete

Shared letters: am. Private to "family": fily. Private to "magnete": egnt.

"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "magnete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • family ← afmily · faimly · familly · familyy · famiyl · famliy · fammily · ffamily
  • magnete ← amgnete · magente · maggnete · magneet · magnette · magnnete · magntee · mangete

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "family" and "magnete" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 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: "family" vs "magnete" - which ranks higher?
"family" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,759 in our German list, against #49,063 for "magnete". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "family" vs "magnete" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "magnete" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #925,286 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "family" and "magnete" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magnete 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 #925,286 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