Which to use
“hits” is a verb and “Mary” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,337
- “hits” frequency rank
- #4,536
- “Mary” frequency rank
- 11873
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hits | Mary |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit | weiblicher Vorname |
Letter map: hits vs Mary
Shared letters muted; letters that set hits and Mary apart highlighted. No shared letter run. hits (CVCC) and Mary (CVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for hits / Mary
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hits is averb and Maryaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11873, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hits is recorded at frequency rank #7,337, 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 11873, this pair ranks #1,967,447 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hits vs Mary
Shared letters: none. Private to "hits": hist. Private to "Mary": amry.
"hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Mary" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hits" for "Mary" ever safe?
Frequency check: "hits" vs "Mary" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "hits" and "Mary". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hits" 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 #1,967,447 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hits" and "Mary" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hits 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 #1,967,447 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.