galeriavsmachineTell them apart

Which to use

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

#39,362
“galeria” frequency rank
#12,337
“machine” frequency rank
51699
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature galeria machine
Definition die Galerie, die Säulenhalle ein Apparat mit vielen beweglichen Teilen; gestaltet um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen.

Letter map: galeria vs machine

Shared letters muted; letters that set galeria and machine apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. galeria (CVCVCVV) and machine (CVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
galeria
7 ch
machine

Pair insight - galeria / machine

galeria and machine 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 share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51699, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

galeria is recorded at frequency rank #39,362, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. machine is at rank #12,337, 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 51699, this pair ranks #1,125,492 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of galeria vs machine

Shared letters: aei. Private to "galeria": glr. Private to "machine": chmn.

"galeria" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "machine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • galeria ← agleria · gaelria · galeira · galerai · galerria · galleria · galreia · ggaleria
  • machine ← amchine · macchine · machhine · machien · machinne · machnie · macihne · mahcine

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "galeria" for "machine" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "galeria" vs "machine" - which ranks higher?
"machine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,337 in our German list, against #39,362 for "galeria". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "galeria" and "machine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "galeria" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "machine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,125,492 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "galeria" and "machine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "galeria 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 #1,125,492 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