goodbyevsmarioConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#24,369
“goodbye” frequency rank
#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
27280
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature goodbye mario
Definition auf Wiedersehen der Ehemann

Letter map: goodbye vs mario

Shared letters muted; letters that set goodbye and mario apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

7 ch
goodbye
5 ch
mario

Grammar separator: goodbye vs mario

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: goodbye is anintj and marioanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

goodbye is recorded at frequency rank #24,369, classified as anintj, 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 27280, this pair ranks #1,804,341 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of goodbye vs mario

Shared letters: o. Private to "goodbye": bdegy. Private to "mario": aimr.

"goodbye" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV  ·  "mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • goodbyeggoodbye · godbye · godobye · goobdye · goodbbye · goodbey · goodbyye · gooddbye
  • marioamrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "goodbye" for "mario" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "goodbye" is an intj and "mario" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "goodbye" 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 #24,369 for "goodbye". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "goodbye" and "mario".

  • Full dictionary entry for "goodbye" 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 #1,804,341 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "goodbye" and "mario" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "goodbye 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 #1,804,341 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