magmavsreviewsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#40,079
“magma” frequency rank
#16,812
“reviews” frequency rank
56891
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magma reviews
Definition das Magma 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs review

Letter map: magma vs reviews

Shared letters muted; letters that set magma and reviews apart highlighted. No shared letter run. magma runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against reviews's 7 (CVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
magma
7 ch
reviews

Grammar separator: magma vs reviews

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magma is anoun and reviewsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56891, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magma is recorded at frequency rank #40,079, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. reviews is at rank #16,812, 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 56891, this pair ranks #922,727 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of magma vs reviews

Shared letters: none. Private to "magma": agm. Private to "reviews": eirsvw.

"magma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "reviews" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magma ← amgma · magam · maggma · magmma · mamga · mgama · mmagma
  • reviews ← erviews · reivews · reveiws · reviesw · reviewss · reviewws · reviwes · revviews

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "magma" for "reviews" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magma" is a noun and "reviews" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "magma" or "reviews"?
"reviews" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,812 in our German list, against #40,079 for "magma". 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 "magma" and "reviews".

  • Full dictionary entry for "magma" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reviews" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #922,727 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magma" and "reviews" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magma 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 #922,727 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