Which to use
“mario” is a noun and “shows” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,911
- “mario” frequency rank
- #8,130
- “shows” frequency rank
- 11041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mario | shows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Ehemann | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show |
Letter map: mario vs shows
Shared letters muted; letters that set mario and shows apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mario (CVCVV) and shows (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for mario / shows
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mario is anoun and showsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mario is recorded at frequency rank #2,911, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. shows is at rank #8,130, 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 11041, this pair ranks #1,971,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of mario vs shows
Shared letters: o. Private to "mario": aimr. Private to "shows": hsw.
"mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mario" for "shows" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "mario" or "shows" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "mario" vs "shows" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "mario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,971,995 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mario" and "shows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shows". 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 #1,971,995 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.