machinevstuttiWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#12,337
“machine” frequency rank
#38,461
“tutti” frequency rank
50798
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature machine tutti
Definition ein Apparat mit vielen beweglichen Teilen; gestaltet um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen. Männlich Plural des Adjektivs tutto

Letter map: machine vs tutti

Shared letters muted; letters that set machine and tutti apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. machine runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against tutti's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
machine
5 ch
tutti

Part-of-speech tell for machine / tutti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machine is anoun and tuttianadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

machine is recorded at frequency rank #12,337, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tutti is at rank #38,461, 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 50798, this pair ranks #1,160,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of machine vs tutti

Shared letters: i. Private to "machine": acehmn. Private to "tutti": tu.

"machine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "tutti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • machineamchine · macchine · machhine · machien · machinne · machnie · macihne · mahcine
  • tuttittuti · ttutti · tuti · tutit · uttti

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "machine" and "tutti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "machine" is a noun and "tutti" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "machine" vs "tutti" - which ranks higher?
"machine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,337 in our German list, against #38,461 for "tutti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "machine" and "tutti". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "machine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tutti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,160,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "machine" and "tutti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tutti". 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 #1,160,052 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