Which to use
“mach” is a verb and “much” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #687
- “mach” frequency rank
- #11,098
- “much” frequency rank
- 11785
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mach | much |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ des Verbs machen | viel |
Letter map: mach vs much
Shared letters muted; letters that set mach and much apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mach and much follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for mach / much
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mach is averb and muchanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “mach” becomes u in “much”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11785, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mach is recorded at frequency rank #687, classified as averb, pronounced [max]. much is at rank #11,098, tagged as anadj, 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 11785, this pair ranks #1,967,902 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mach vs much
Shared letters: chm. Private to "mach": a. Private to "much": u.
"mach" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "much" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mach" and "much" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "mach" or "much" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mach" and "much".
- Full dictionary entry for "mach" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "much" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,967,902 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mach" and "much" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "much 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 #1,967,902 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.