machinevsmaggioreConfusable pair

Quick tell: machine is a noun, maggiore is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“machine” is a noun and “maggiore” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,337
“machine” frequency rank
#44,783
“maggiore” frequency rank
57120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature machine maggiore
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Letter map: machine vs maggiore

Shared letters muted; letters that set machine and maggiore apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. machine runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against maggiore's 8 (CVCCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
machine
8 ch
maggiore

Grammar separator: machine vs maggiore

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machine is anoun and maggioreanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

machine is recorded at frequency rank #12,337, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. maggiore is at rank #44,783, 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 57120, this pair ranks #913,679 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of machine vs maggiore

Shared letters: aeim. Private to "machine": chn. Private to "maggiore": gor.

"machine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "maggiore" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • machine ← amchine · macchine · machhine · machien · machinne · machnie · macihne · mahcine
  • maggiore ← amggiore · maggioer · maggiorre · maggiroe · maggoire · magigore · magiore · mgagiore

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "machine" for "maggiore" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "machine" is a noun and "maggiore" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "machine" or "maggiore" show up more?
"machine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,337 in our German list, against #44,783 for "maggiore". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "machine" and "maggiore".

  • Full dictionary entry for "machine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maggiore" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #913,679 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "machine" and "maggiore" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maggiore 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 #913,679 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