MakrovsmartConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#30,188
“Makro” frequency rank
#31,678
“mart” frequency rank
61866
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Makro mart
Definition eine fest vorgegebene Folge von Befehlen, Aktionen oder Tastaturcodes in den Bereichen Anwendungsprogramme, Programmierung und PC-Spiele (länger auch Makrobefehl) dritter Monat im Kalenderjahr; März

Where the eye mixes Makro and mart

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Makro runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against mart's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
Makro
4 ch
mart

Visual trap between Makro and mart

A purely visual mix-up. Makro ([ˈmaːkʁo]) and mart ([mɑɾt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61866, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Makro is recorded at frequency rank #30,188, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaːkʁo]. mart is at rank #31,678, tagged as anoun, pronounced [mɑɾt].

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 61866, this pair ranks #733,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Makro vs mart

Shared letters: amr. Private to "Makro": ko. Private to "mart": t.

"Makro" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "mart" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Makro ← amkro · makkro · makor · makrro · mkaro · mmakro
  • mart ← amrt · marrt · martt · matr · mmart · mrat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Makro" for "mart" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈmaːkʁo] versus [mɑɾt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Makro" vs "mart" - which ranks higher?
"Makro" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,188 in our German list, against #31,678 for "mart". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Makro" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mart" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #733,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Makro" and "mart" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mart vs mora". 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 #733,756 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