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Which to use

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

#49,063
“magnete” frequency rank
#6,095
“nina” frequency rank
55158
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature magnete nina
Definition ein ferromagnetischer Körper, der bestimmte andere Körper magnetisch anzieht oder abstößt Nase

Letter map: magnete vs nina

Shared letters muted; letters that set magnete and nina apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. magnete runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against nina's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
magnete
4 ch
nina

Corpus notes: magnete and nina

magnete and nina 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 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

magnete is recorded at frequency rank #49,063, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. nina is at rank #6,095, 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 55158, this pair ranks #990,537 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of magnete vs nina

Shared letters: an. Private to "magnete": egmt. Private to "nina": i.

"magnete" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "nina" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • magneteamgnete · magente · maggnete · magneet · magnette · magnnete · magntee · mangete
  • ninainna · nian · ninna · nnia · nnina

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "magnete" and "nina" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 3 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "magnete" vs "nina" - which ranks higher?
"nina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,095 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

You've compared "magnete" and "nina". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "magnete" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "nina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #990,537 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "magnete" and "nina" 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 #990,537 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