marivsmartiTell them apart

Which to use

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

#29,234
“mari” frequency rank
#45,446
“marti” frequency rank
74680
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mari marti
Definition Ehemann, Gatte, Gemahl, Gespons Ehefrau des Sohnes; Schwiegertochter

Letter map: mari vs marti

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

4 ch
mari
5 ch
marti

Spelling & dictionary notes on mari vs marti

mari and marti are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mari is recorded at frequency rank #29,234, classified as anoun, pronounced [ma.ʁi]. 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 74680, this pair ranks #327,110 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of mari vs marti

Shared letters: aimr. Private to "mari": -. Private to "marti": t.

"mari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "marti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • mari ← amri · mair · marri · mmari · mrai
  • marti ← amrti · marit · marrti · martti · matri · mmarti · mrati

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "mari" and "marti" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "mari" vs "marti" - which ranks higher?
"mari" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,234 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.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mari" and "marti".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mari" 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 #327,110 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mari" 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 #327,110 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