magnetevsnextWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: magnete is a noun, next is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“magnete” is a noun and “next” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#49,063
“magnete” frequency rank
#9,246
“next” frequency rank
58309
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magnete next
Definition ein ferromagnetischer Körper, der bestimmte andere Körper magnetisch anzieht oder abstößt in einer Reihe folgend, nächster

Letter map: magnete vs next

Shared letters muted; letters that set magnete and next apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. magnete runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against next's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
magnete
4 ch
next

Part-of-speech tell for magnete / next

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: magnete is anoun and nextanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magnete is recorded at frequency rank #49,063, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. next is at rank #9,246, tagged as anadj, 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 58309, this pair ranks #867,794 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of magnete vs next

Shared letters: ent. Private to "magnete": agm. Private to "next": x.

"magnete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "next" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magnete ← amgnete · magente · maggnete · magneet · magnette · magnnete · magntee · mangete
  • next ← enxt · netx · nextt · nexxt · nnext · nxet

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "magnete" and "next" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "magnete" is a noun and "next" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "magnete" vs "next" - which ranks higher?
"next" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,246 in our German list, against #49,063 for "magnete". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "magnete" vs "next" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "magnete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "next" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #867,794 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magnete" and "next" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magnete 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 #867,794 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