motocrossvsPostillonTell them apart

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

#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
#33,235
“Postillon” frequency rank
83141
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature motocross Postillon
Definition Motocross Fahrer einer Postkutsche

Letter map: motocross vs Postillon

Shared letters muted; letters that set motocross and Postillon apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. motocross (CVCVCCVCC) and Postillon (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
motocross
9 ch
Postillon

Pair insight - motocross / Postillon

motocross and Postillon 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 share most of their letters but differ in 8 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83141, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

motocross is recorded at frequency rank #49,906, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Postillon is at rank #33,235, 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 83141, this pair ranks #144,964 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of motocross vs Postillon

Shared letters: ost. Private to "motocross": cmr. Private to "Postillon": ilnp.

"motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "Postillon" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • motocrossmmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross
  • Postillonopstillon · positllon · posstillon · postillno · postillonn · postiloln · postilon · postlilon

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "motocross" and "Postillon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 8 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "motocross" vs "Postillon" - which ranks higher?
"Postillon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,235 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

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Postillon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #144,964 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "motocross" and "Postillon" 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 #144,964 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