Which to use
“Mary” is a name and “sports” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,536
- “Mary” frequency rank
- #7,990
- “sports” frequency rank
- 12526
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mary | sports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weiblicher Vorname | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport |
Letter map: Mary vs sports
Shared letters muted; letters that set Mary and sports apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Mary runs 4 letters (CVCV) against sports's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: Mary vs sports
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Mary is aname and sportsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12526, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mary is recorded at frequency rank #4,536, classified as aname, pronounced […]. sports is at rank #7,990, 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 12526, this pair ranks #1,963,650 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Mary vs sports
Shared letters: r. Private to "Mary": amy. Private to "sports": opst.
"Mary" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Mary" and "sports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Mary" or "sports" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "Mary" and "sports". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mary" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,963,650 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mary" and "sports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sports". 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 #1,963,650 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.