mariovsvulgarisTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
#48,612
“vulgaris” frequency rank
51523
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mario vulgaris
Definition der Ehemann gewöhnlich, alltäglich, allbekannt, allgemein, für jeden zu haben

Letter map: mario vs vulgaris

Shared letters muted; letters that set mario and vulgaris apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. mario runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against vulgaris's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
mario
8 ch
vulgaris

Part-of-speech tell for mario / vulgaris

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mario is anoun and vulgarisanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51523, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mario is recorded at frequency rank #2,911, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. vulgaris is at rank #48,612, tagged as anadj, 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 51523, this pair ranks #1,132,223 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mario vs vulgaris

Shared letters: air. Private to "mario": mo. Private to "vulgaris": glsuv.

"mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "vulgaris" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marioamrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio
  • vulgarisuvlgaris · vlugaris · vuglaris · vulagris · vulgairs · vulgariss · vulgarris · vulgarsi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "mario" and "vulgaris" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mario" is a noun and "vulgaris" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "mario" vs "vulgaris" - which ranks higher?
"mario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,911 in our German list, against #48,612 for "vulgaris". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "mario" and "vulgaris". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "mario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vulgaris" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,132,223 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mario" and "vulgaris" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs vulgaris". 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 #1,132,223 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