missingvsmotocrossTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#43,357
“missing” frequency rank
#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
93263
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature missing motocross
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs miss Motocross

Letter map: missing vs motocross

Shared letters muted; letters that set missing and motocross apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

7 ch
missing
9 ch
motocross

Grammar separator: missing vs motocross

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: missing is averb and motocrossanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

missing is recorded at frequency rank #43,357, classified as averb, 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 93263, this pair ranks #24,034 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of missing vs motocross

Shared letters: ms. Private to "missing": gin. Private to "motocross": cort.

"missing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • missingimssing · mising · misisng · missign · missingg · missinng · missnig · mißing
  • motocrossmmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "missing" and "motocross" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "missing" is a verb and "motocross" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "missing" or "motocross" show up more?
"missing" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,357 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.

What to do next

Pair "missing" vs "motocross" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "missing" 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 #24,034 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "missing" 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 #24,034 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