Which to use
“mähen” is a verb and “maker” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,426
- “mähen” frequency rank
- #25,655
- “maker” frequency rank
- 53081
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mähen | maker |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit der Sense, Sichel, mit einer Mähmaschine Pflanzen bis zum Ansatz dicht über dem Erdboden wegschneiden | wirtschaftlich: der Hersteller, der Fabrikant |
Letter map: mähen vs maker
Shared letters muted; letters that set mähen and maker apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mähen and maker follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - mähen and maker
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mähen is averb and makeranoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mähen is recorded at frequency rank #27,426, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈmɛːən]. maker is at rank #25,655, 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 53081, this pair ranks #1,071,810 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mähen vs maker
Shared letters: em. Private to "mähen": hnä. Private to "maker": akr.
"mähen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "maker" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- maker ← amker · maekr · makerr · makker · mkaer · mmaker
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "mähen" vs "maker" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mähen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "maker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,071,810 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mähen" and "maker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mähen vs mailen". 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 #1,071,810 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.