MaravsmdrConfusable pair

Quick tell: Mara is a noun, mdr is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Mara” is a noun and “mdr” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,981
“Mara” frequency rank
#9,949
“mdr” frequency rank
28930
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Mara mdr
Definition Nagetier, Art der Meerschweinchen, die in Südamerika beheimatet ist sehr lustig; lol

Letter map: Mara vs mdr

Shared letters muted; letters that set Mara and mdr apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Mara
3 ch
mdr

Part-of-speech tell for Mara / mdr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mara is anoun and mdranabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28930, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Mara is recorded at frequency rank #18,981, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaːʁa]. mdr is at rank #9,949, tagged as anabbrev, 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 28930, this pair ranks #1,776,009 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Mara vs mdr

Shared letters: mr. Private to "Mara": a. Private to "mdr": d.

"Mara" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "mdr" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Maraamra · maar · marra · mmara · mraa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Mara" and "mdr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Mara" is a noun and "mdr" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Mara" or "mdr" show up more?
"mdr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,949 in our German list, against #18,981 for "Mara". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Mara" and "mdr".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Mara" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mdr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,776,009 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Mara" and "mdr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mara 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 #1,776,009 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