formsvsmarioWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: forms is a verb, mario is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“forms” is a verb and “mario” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,276
“forms” frequency rank
#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
48187
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature forms mario
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs form der Ehemann

Letter map: forms vs mario

Shared letters muted; letters that set forms and mario apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. forms (CVCCC) and mario (CVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
forms
5 ch
mario

Grammar separator: forms vs mario

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: forms is averb and marioanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48187, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

forms is recorded at frequency rank #45,276, classified as averb, 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 48187, this pair ranks #1,257,699 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of forms vs mario

Shared letters: mor. Private to "forms": fs. Private to "mario": ai.

"forms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • formsfforms · fomrs · formms · formss · forrms · forsm · froms · ofrms
  • marioamrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "forms" and "mario" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "forms" is a verb and "mario" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "forms" or "mario"?
"mario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,911 in our German list, against #45,276 for "forms". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "forms" vs "mario" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "forms" 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 #1,257,699 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "forms" and "mario" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "forms 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 #1,257,699 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