Which to use
“machines” is a noun and “marines” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,439
- “machines” frequency rank
- #33,182
- “marines” frequency rank
- 78621
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | machines | marines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural von des Substantivs machine | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs marin |
Letter map: machines vs marines
Shared letters muted; letters that set machines and marines apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. machines runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against marines's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for machines / marines
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machines is anoun and marinesanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78621, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
machines is recorded at frequency rank #45,439, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. marines is at rank #33,182, tagged as anadj, pronounced [maˈʁiːnəs].
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 78621, this pair ranks #234,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of machines vs marines
Shared letters: aeimns. Private to "machines": ch. Private to "marines": r.
"machines" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "marines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "machines" for "marines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "machines" vs "marines" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "machines" and "marines". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "machines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,182 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "machines" and "marines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "machines 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 #234,182 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.