MagenvsmareTell them apart

Which to use

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

#4,535
“Magen” frequency rank
#24,825
“mare” frequency rank
29360
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Magen mare
Definition Verdauungsorgan beim Menschen und bei Tieren Stute

Where the eye mixes Magen and mare

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Magen
4 ch
mare

Look-alike desk: Magen vs mare

A purely visual mix-up. Magen ([ˈmaːɡn̩]) and mare ([mɛə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29360, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Magen is recorded at frequency rank #4,535, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaːɡn̩]. mare is at rank #24,825, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɛə].

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 29360, this pair ranks #1,768,226 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Magen vs mare

Shared letters: aem. Private to "Magen": gn. Private to "mare": r.

"Magen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "mare" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Magenamgen · maegn · magenn · maggen · magne · mgaen · mmagen
  • maremaer · marre · mmare · mrae

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Magen" for "mare" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmaːɡn̩] versus [mɛə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Magen" or "mare"?
"Magen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,535 in our German list, against #24,825 for "mare". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Magen" and "mare" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Magen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,768,226 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Magen" and "mare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mare vs mora". 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 #1,768,226 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