googlesvsMaryConfusable pair

Quick tell: googles is a verb, Mary is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“googles” is a verb and “Mary” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,158
“googles” frequency rank
#4,536
“Mary” frequency rank
29694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature googles Mary
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs google weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: googles vs Mary

Shared letters muted; letters that set googles and Mary apart highlighted. No shared letter run. googles runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against Mary's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
googles
4 ch
Mary

Grammar separator: googles vs Mary

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: googles is averb and Maryaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

googles is recorded at frequency rank #25,158, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Mary is at rank #4,536, tagged as aname, 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 29694, this pair ranks #1,762,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of googles vs Mary

Shared letters: none. Private to "googles": eglos. Private to "Mary": amry.

"googles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "Mary" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • googlesggoogles · gogles · gogoles · googels · googgles · googless · googlles · googlse
  • Maryamry · marry · maryy · mmary · mray

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "googles" for "Mary" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "googles" is a verb and "Mary" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "googles" vs "Mary" - which ranks higher?
"Mary" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,536 in our German list, against #25,158 for "googles". 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 "googles" and "Mary".

  • Full dictionary entry for "googles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Mary" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,762,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "googles" and "Mary" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "googles 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 #1,762,000 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