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Which to use

“machines” and “mario” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,439
“machines” frequency rank
#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
48350
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature machines mario
Definition Plural von des Substantivs machine der Ehemann

Letter map: machines vs mario

Shared letters muted; letters that set machines and mario apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. machines runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against mario's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
machines
5 ch
mario

Spelling & dictionary notes on machines vs mario

machines and mario are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

machines is recorded at frequency rank #45,439, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. mario is at rank #2,911, tagged as anoun, 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 48350, this pair ranks #1,251,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of machines vs mario

Shared letters: aim. Private to "machines": cehns. Private to "mario": or.

"machines" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • machinesamchines · macchines · machhines · machiens · machiness · machinnes · machinse · machnies
  • marioamrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "machines" and "mario" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 3 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "machines" or "mario"?
"mario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,911 in our German list, against #45,439 for "machines". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "machines" and "mario". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "machines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mario" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,251,771 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "machines" and "mario" 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 #1,251,771 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