MargenvsmarodenWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Margen is a noun, maroden is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Margen” is a noun and “maroden” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,338
“Margen” frequency rank
#49,881
“maroden” frequency rank
93219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Margen maroden
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Marge Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs marode

Where the eye mixes Margen and maroden

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Margen runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against maroden's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Margen
7 ch
maroden

Look-alike desk: Margen vs maroden

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Margen is [ˈmaʁʒn̩] while maroden is [maˈʁoːdn̩]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Margen is recorded at frequency rank #43,338, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmaʁʒn̩]. maroden is at rank #49,881, tagged as anadj, pronounced [maˈʁoːdn̩].

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 93219, this pair ranks #24,371 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Margen vs maroden

Shared letters: aemnr. Private to "Margen": g. Private to "maroden": do.

"Margen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "maroden" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Margen ← amrgen · magren · maregn · margenn · marggen · margne · marrgen · mmargen
  • maroden ← amroden · maorden · mardoen · marodden · marodenn · marodne · maroedn · marroden

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Margen" and "maroden" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Margen" is a noun and "maroden" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Margen" or "maroden"?
"Margen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,338 in our German list, against #49,881 for "maroden". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Margen" and "maroden" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Margen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "maroden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #24,371 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Margen" and "maroden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "maroden vs Moden". 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 #24,371 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