Which to use
“matches” is a verb and “obsession” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,983
- “matches” frequency rank
- #38,319
- “obsession” frequency rank
- 56302
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | matches | obsession |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs match | die Besessenheit |
Letter map: matches vs obsession
Shared letters muted; letters that set matches and obsession apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. matches runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against obsession's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for matches / obsession
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: matches is averb and obsessionanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56302, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
matches is recorded at frequency rank #17,983, classified as averb, pronounced […]. obsession is at rank #38,319, tagged as anoun, 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 56302, this pair ranks #945,557 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of matches vs obsession
Shared letters: es. Private to "matches": achmt. Private to "obsession": bino.
"matches" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "obsession" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "matches" and "obsession" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "matches" or "obsession" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "matches" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "obsession" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #945,557 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "matches" and "obsession" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "obsession 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 #945,557 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.