marinavssharedConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#9,772
“marina” frequency rank
#37,777
“shared” frequency rank
47549
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marina shared
Definition die Marine Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs share

Letter map: marina vs shared

Shared letters muted; letters that set marina and shared apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. marina (CVCVCV) and shared (CCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
marina
6 ch
shared

Role in the sentence - marina and shared

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marina is anoun and sharedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47549, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

marina is recorded at frequency rank #9,772, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. shared is at rank #37,777, tagged as averb, 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 47549, this pair ranks #1,280,392 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marina vs shared

Shared letters: ar. Private to "marina": imn. Private to "shared": dehs.

"marina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "shared" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marinaamrina · mairna · marinna · marnia · marrina · mmarina · mraina
  • sharedhsared · sahred · shaerd · sharde · sharedd · sharred · shhared · shraed

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "marina" and "shared" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marina" is a noun and "shared" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "marina" vs "shared" - which ranks higher?
"marina" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,772 in our German list, against #37,777 for "shared". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "marina" and "shared". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "marina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "shared" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,280,392 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marina" and "shared" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shared". 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 #1,280,392 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