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Which to use

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

#38,155
“groups” frequency rank
#9,772
“marina” frequency rank
47927
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature groups marina
Definition Plural des Substantivs group die Marine

Letter map: groups vs marina

Shared letters muted; letters that set groups and marina apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. groups (CCVVCC) and marina (CVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
groups
6 ch
marina

Pair insight - groups / marina

groups 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 share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

groups is recorded at frequency rank #38,155, 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 47927, this pair ranks #1,267,025 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of groups vs marina

Shared letters: r. Private to "groups": gopsu. Private to "marina": aimn.

"groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "marina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • groupsggroups · gorups · gropus · groupps · groupss · grousp · grroups · gruops
  • marinaamrina · mairna · marinna · marnia · marrina · mmarina · mraina

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "groups" and "marina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
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: "groups" 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 #38,155 for "groups". 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 "groups" and "marina". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "groups" 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 #1,267,025 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "groups" and "marina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groups 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 #1,267,025 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