Which to use
“magister” and “portraits” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,334
- “magister” frequency rank
- #26,573
- “portraits” frequency rank
- 46907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | magister | portraits |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Meister, Vorsteher, der Vorgesetzte, Leiter, Aufseher, Anführer | Plural des Substantivs portrait |
Letter map: magister vs portraits
Shared letters muted; letters that set magister and portraits apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. magister runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against portraits's 9 (CVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on magister vs portraits
magister and portraits 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
magister is recorded at frequency rank #20,334, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. portraits is at rank #26,573, 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 46907, this pair ranks #1,302,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of magister vs portraits
Shared letters: airst. Private to "magister": egm. Private to "portraits": op.
"magister" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "portraits" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "magister" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "portraits" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,302,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "magister" and "portraits" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "portraits 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 #1,302,875 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.