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Which to use

“memories” and “motocross” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,792
“memories” frequency rank
#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
94698
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature memories motocross
Definition Plural des Substantivs memory Motocross

Letter map: memories vs motocross

Shared letters muted; letters that set memories and motocross apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. memories runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against motocross's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
memories
9 ch
motocross

Corpus notes: memories and motocross

memories and motocross are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 94698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

memories is recorded at frequency rank #44,792, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. motocross is at rank #49,906, 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 94698, this pair ranks #15,399 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of memories vs motocross

Shared letters: mors. Private to "memories": ei. Private to "motocross": ct.

"memories" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • memoriesemmories · memmories · memoires · memoreis · memoriess · memorise · memorries · memroies
  • motocrossmmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "memories" and "motocross" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "memories" vs "motocross" - which ranks higher?
"memories" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,792 in our German list, against #49,906 for "motocross". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "memories" and "motocross". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "memories" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #15,399 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "memories" and "motocross" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motocross 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 #15,399 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