# machines vs marines

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### machines
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #45,439*
Plural von des Substantivs machine

### marines
*adjective · IPA [maˈʁiːnəs] · frequency rank #33,182*
Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs marin

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/machines-vs-marines