Which to use
“mähen” is a verb and “marten” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,426
- “mähen” frequency rank
- #43,341
- “marten” frequency rank
- 70767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mähen | marten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | mit der Sense, Sichel, mit einer Mähmaschine Pflanzen bis zum Ansatz dicht über dem Erdboden wegschneiden | der Marder |
Letter map: mähen vs marten
Shared letters muted; letters that set mähen and marten apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mähen runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against marten's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mähen / marten
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mähen is averb and martenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70767, 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]. marten is at rank #43,341, 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 70767, this pair ranks #436,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mähen vs marten
Shared letters: emn. Private to "mähen": hä. Private to "marten": art.
"mähen" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "marten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- marten ← amrten · maretn · marrten · martenn · martne · martten · matren · mmarten
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "mähen" and "marten" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "mähen" or "marten" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "mähen" and "marten". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "mähen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "marten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #436,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mähen" and "marten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marten 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 #436,388 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.