Which to use
“machine” is a noun and “smoking” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,337
- “machine” frequency rank
- #39,030
- “smoking” frequency rank
- 51367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | machine | smoking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein Apparat mit vielen beweglichen Teilen; gestaltet um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen. | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs smoke |
Letter map: machine vs smoking
Shared letters muted; letters that set machine and smoking apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. machine (CVCCVCV) and smoking (CCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for machine / smoking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machine is anoun and smokingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
machine is recorded at frequency rank #12,337, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. smoking is at rank #39,030, tagged as averb, 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 51367, this pair ranks #1,138,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of machine vs smoking
Shared letters: imn. Private to "machine": aceh. Private to "smoking": gkos.
"machine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "smoking" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "machine" and "smoking" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "machine" or "smoking" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "machine" and "smoking".
- Full dictionary entry for "machine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "smoking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,138,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "machine" and "smoking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs smoking". 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 #1,138,245 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.