madurovsunisTell them apart

Quick tell: maduro is a adjective, unis is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“maduro” is an adjective and “unis” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#38,270
“maduro” frequency rank
#17,441
“unis” frequency rank
55711
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature maduro unis
Definition ausgewachsen, erwachsen, reif Dativ Plural m/f/n von unus

Letter map: maduro vs unis

Shared letters muted; letters that set maduro and unis apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. maduro runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against unis's 4 (VCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
maduro
4 ch
unis

Role in the sentence - maduro and unis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: maduro is anadjective and unisanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

maduro is recorded at frequency rank #38,270, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. unis is at rank #17,441, tagged as anunknown, 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 55711, this pair ranks #968,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of maduro vs unis

Shared letters: u. Private to "maduro": admor. Private to "unis": ins.

"maduro" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "unis" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • maduro ← amduro · madduro · madruo · maduor · madurro · maudro · mdauro · mmaduro
  • unis ← nuis · uins · uniss · unnis · unsi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "maduro" and "unis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "maduro" is an adjective and "unis" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "maduro" vs "unis" - which ranks higher?
"unis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,441 in our German list, against #38,270 for "maduro". 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 "maduro" and "unis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "maduro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "unis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #968,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "maduro" and "unis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maduro 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 #968,822 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