mariovswantsTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,911
“mario” frequency rank
#49,376
“wants” frequency rank
52287
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature mario wants
Definition der Ehemann 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs want

Letter map: mario vs wants

Shared letters muted; letters that set mario and wants apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. mario (CVCVV) and wants (CVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
mario
5 ch
wants

Grammar separator: mario vs wants

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mario is anoun and wantsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52287, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

mario is recorded at frequency rank #2,911, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. wants is at rank #49,376, 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 52287, this pair ranks #1,102,690 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of mario vs wants

Shared letters: a. Private to "mario": imor. Private to "wants": nstw.

"mario" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "wants" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • marioamrio · mairo · maroi · marrio · mmario · mraio
  • wantsawnts · wannts · wanst · wantss · wantts · watns · wnats · wwants

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "mario" for "wants" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "mario" is a noun and "wants" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "mario" or "wants"?
"mario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,911 in our German list, against #49,376 for "wants". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mario" and "wants".

  • Full dictionary entry for "mario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,102,690 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "mario" and "wants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs wants". 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 #1,102,690 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