machinesvswarrenWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#45,439
“machines” frequency rank
#13,273
“warren” frequency rank
58712
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature machines warren
Definition Plural von des Substantivs machine Kaninchenbau

Letter map: machines vs warren

Shared letters muted; letters that set machines and warren apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. machines runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against warren's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
machines
6 ch
warren

Pair insight - machines / warren

machines and warren 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58712, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

machines is recorded at frequency rank #45,439, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. warren is at rank #13,273, 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 58712, this pair ranks #852,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of machines vs warren

Shared letters: aen. Private to "machines": chims. Private to "warren": rw.

"machines" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC  ·  "warren" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • machines ← amchines · macchines · machhines · machiens · machiness · machinnes · machinse · machnies
  • warren ← awrren · warern · warrenn · warrne · wraren · wwarren

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "machines" for "warren" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "machines" vs "warren" - which ranks higher?
"warren" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,273 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.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "machines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "warren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #852,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "machines" and "warren" 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 #852,158 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