issuevsmarioTell them apart

Which to use

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

#37,597
“issue” frequency rank
#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
40508
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature issue mario
Definition ein Thema, über das diskutiert wird der Ehemann

Letter map: issue vs mario

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

5 ch
issue
5 ch
mario

Pair insight - issue / mario

issue and mario 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 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40508, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

issue is recorded at frequency rank #37,597, classified as anoun, 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 40508, this pair ranks #1,506,420 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of issue vs mario

Shared letters: i. Private to "issue": esu. Private to "mario": amor.

"issue" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV  ·  "mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • issueisseu · isue · isuse · ißue · sisue
  • marioamrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "issue" for "mario" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "issue" or "mario"?
"mario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,911 in our German list, against #37,597 for "issue". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "issue" vs "mario" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "issue" 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 #1,506,420 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "issue" and "mario" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "issue 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 #1,506,420 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