machinesvsMauriceTell them apart

Quick tell: machines is a noun, Maurice is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“machines” is a noun and “Maurice” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,439
“machines” frequency rank
#11,929
“Maurice” frequency rank
57368
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature machines Maurice
Definition Plural von des Substantivs machine englischer männlicher Vorname

Letter map: machines vs Maurice

Shared letters muted; letters that set machines and Maurice apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. machines runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against Maurice's 7 (CVVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
machines
7 ch
Maurice

Role in the sentence - machines and Maurice

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machines is anoun and Mauriceaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57368, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

machines is recorded at frequency rank #45,439, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Maurice is at rank #11,929, tagged as aname, 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 57368, this pair ranks #904,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of machines vs Maurice

Shared letters: aceim. Private to "machines": hns. Private to "Maurice": ru.

"machines" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "Maurice" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • machines ← amchines · macchines · machhines · machiens · machiness · machinnes · machinse · machnies
  • Maurice ← amurice · maruice · mauirce · maurcie · mauricce · mauriec · maurrice · mmaurice

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "machines" and "Maurice" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "machines" is a noun and "Maurice" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "machines" vs "Maurice" - which ranks higher?
"Maurice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,929 in our German list, against #45,439 for "machines". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "machines" and "Maurice".

  • Full dictionary entry for "machines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Maurice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #904,059 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "machines" and "Maurice" 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 #904,059 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