maltvsmartiConfusable pair

Quick tell: malt is a verb, marti is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“malt” is a verb and “marti” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,197
“malt” frequency rank
#45,446
“marti” frequency rank
58643
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature malt marti
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens des Verbs malen Ehefrau des Sohnes; Schwiegertochter

Letter map: malt vs marti

Shared letters muted; letters that set malt and marti apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. malt runs 4 letters (CVCC) against marti's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
malt
5 ch
marti

Role in the sentence - malt and marti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: malt is averb and martianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58643, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

malt is recorded at frequency rank #13,197, classified as averb, pronounced [maːlt]. marti is at rank #45,446, 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 58643, this pair ranks #854,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of malt vs marti

Shared letters: amt. Private to "malt": l. Private to "marti": ir.

"malt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "marti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • malt ← amlt · mallt · maltt · matl · mlat · mmalt
  • marti ← amrti · marit · marrti · martti · matri · mmarti · mrati

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "malt" and "marti" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "malt" is a verb and "marti" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "malt" or "marti" show up more?
"malt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,197 in our German list, against #45,446 for "marti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "malt" and "marti". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "malt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "marti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #854,835 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "malt" and "marti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marti 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 #854,835 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