Which to use
“message” is a noun and “messbare” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,433
- “message” frequency rank
- #43,354
- “messbare” frequency rank
- 58787
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | message | messbare |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nachricht, Mitteilung, Botschaft | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs messbar |
Where the eye mixes message and messbare
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: message vs messbare
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: message is [mesɪdʒ] while messbare is [ˈmɛsbaːʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
message is recorded at frequency rank #15,433, classified as anoun, pronounced [mesɪdʒ]. messbare is at rank #43,354, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈmɛsbaːʁə].
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 58787, this pair ranks #849,322 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of message vs messbare
Shared letters: aems. Private to "message": g. Private to "messbare": br.
"message" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "messbare" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "message" and "messbare" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "message" or "messbare" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "message" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "messbare" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #849,322 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "message" and "messbare" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "messbare vs messbaren". 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 #849,322 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.