machinesvsRaymondConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#45,439
“machines” frequency rank
#13,218
“Raymond” frequency rank
58657
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: machines vs Raymond

Shared letters muted; letters that set machines and Raymond apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. machines runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against Raymond's 7 (CVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
machines
7 ch
Raymond

Part-of-speech tell for machines / Raymond

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machines is anoun and Raymondaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

machines is recorded at frequency rank #45,439, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Raymond is at rank #13,218, 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 58657, this pair ranks #854,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of machines vs Raymond

Shared letters: amn. Private to "machines": cehis. Private to "Raymond": dory.

"machines" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "Raymond" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • machines ← amchines · macchines · machhines · machiens · machiness · machinnes · machinse · machnies
  • Raymond ← arymond · ramyond · raymmond · raymnod · raymodn · raymondd · raymonnd · rayomnd

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "machines" and "Raymond" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "machines" is a noun and "Raymond" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "machines" vs "Raymond" - which ranks higher?
"Raymond" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,218 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

Pair "machines" vs "Raymond" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "machines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Raymond" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #854,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "machines" and "Raymond" 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 #854,274 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