magistervsquestionsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: magister is a noun, questions is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“magister” is a noun and “questions” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,334
“magister” frequency rank
#36,570
“questions” frequency rank
56904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magister questions
Definition Meister, Vorsteher, der Vorgesetzte, Leiter, Aufseher, Anführer 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs question

Letter map: magister vs questions

Shared letters muted; letters that set magister and questions apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. magister runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against questions's 9 (CVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
magister
9 ch
questions

Grammar separator: magister vs questions

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magister is anoun and questionsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magister is recorded at frequency rank #20,334, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. questions is at rank #36,570, tagged as averb, 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 56904, this pair ranks #922,205 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of magister vs questions

Shared letters: eist. Private to "magister": agmr. Private to "questions": noqu.

"magister" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "questions" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magister ← amgister · maggister · magisetr · magisster · magisterr · magistre · magistter · magitser
  • questions ← qeustions · qquestions · quesitons · quesstions · questinos · questionns · questionss · questiosn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "magister" for "questions" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magister" is a noun and "questions" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "magister" or "questions" show up more?
"magister" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,334 in our German list, against #36,570 for "questions". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "magister" vs "questions" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "magister" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "questions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #922,205 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magister" and "questions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs questions". 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 #922,205 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