martivsshowsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#45,446
“marti” frequency rank
#8,130
“shows” frequency rank
53576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature marti shows
Definition Ehefrau des Sohnes; Schwiegertochter 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show

Letter map: marti vs shows

Shared letters muted; letters that set marti and shows apart highlighted. No shared letter run. marti (CVCCV) and shows (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
marti
5 ch
shows

Part-of-speech tell for marti / shows

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: marti 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 53576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

marti is recorded at frequency rank #45,446, 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 53576, this pair ranks #1,052,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of marti vs shows

Shared letters: none. Private to "marti": aimrt. Private to "shows": hosw.

"marti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • martiamrti · marit · marrti · martti · matri · mmarti · mrati
  • showshsows · shhows · shosw · showss · showws · shwos · sohws · sshows

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "marti" and "shows" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "marti" is a noun and "shows" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "marti" vs "shows" - which ranks higher?
"shows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,130 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.

What to do next

You've compared "marti" and "shows". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "marti" 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 #1,052,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "marti" and "shows" 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 #1,052,582 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