mache vs much, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“mache” is a verb and “much” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#934
“mache” frequency rank: #11,098
“much” frequency rank: 12032
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	mache	much
Definition	1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs machen	viel

Letter map: mache vs much

Shared letters muted; letters that set mache and much apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

mache

4 ch

much

Grammar separator: mache vs much

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mache is averb and muchanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12032, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mache is recorded at frequency rank #934, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmaxə]. 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 12032, this pair ranks #1,966,570 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of mache vs much

Shared letters: chm. Private to "mache": ae. Private to "much": u.

"mache" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "much" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

mache ← amche · macche · maceh · machhe · mahce · mcahe · mmache
much ← mcuh · mmuch · mucch · muchh · muhc · umch

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mache" and "much" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mache" is a verb and "much" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "mache" or "much"?

"mache" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #934 in our German list, against #11,098 for "much". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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Full dictionary entry for "mache" 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 #1,966,570 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"mache" 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 #1,966,570 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.