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

#41,824
“futures” frequency rank
#9,772
“marina” frequency rank
51596
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature futures marina
Definition Plural des Substantivs future die Marine

Letter map: futures vs marina

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

7 ch
futures
6 ch
marina

Corpus notes: futures and marina

futures and marina 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 51596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

futures is recorded at frequency rank #41,824, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. marina is at rank #9,772, 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 51596, this pair ranks #1,129,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of futures vs marina

Shared letters: r. Private to "futures": efstu. Private to "marina": aimn.

"futures" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "marina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • futuresffutures · ftuures · futrues · futtures · futuers · futuress · futurres · futurse
  • marinaamrina · mairna · marinna · marnia · marrina · mmarina · mraina

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "futures" for "marina" ever safe?
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: "futures" vs "marina" - which ranks higher?
"marina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,772 in our German list, against #41,824 for "futures". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "futures" and "marina". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "futures" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,129,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "futures" and "marina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "futures 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 #1,129,428 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