Which to use
“guides” and “machine” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,409
- “guides” frequency rank
- #12,337
- “machine” frequency rank
- 51746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | guides | machine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs guide | ein Apparat mit vielen beweglichen Teilen; gestaltet um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen. |
Letter map: guides vs machine
Shared letters muted; letters that set guides and machine apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. guides runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against machine's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: guides and machine
guides 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
guides is recorded at frequency rank #39,409, 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 51746, this pair ranks #1,123,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of guides vs machine
Shared letters: ei. Private to "guides": dgsu. Private to "machine": achmn.
"guides" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "machine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "guides" and "machine" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "guides" or "machine"?
After this comparison
Pair "guides" vs "machine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "guides" 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 #1,123,604 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "guides" and "machine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guides 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 #1,123,604 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.