motocrossvspublishedTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
#41,409
“published” frequency rank
91315
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature motocross published
Definition Motocross Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs publish

Letter map: motocross vs published

Shared letters muted; letters that set motocross and published apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. motocross (CVCVCCVCC) and published (CVCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
motocross
9 ch
published

Part-of-speech tell for motocross / published

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: motocross is anoun and publishedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 9 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 91315, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

motocross is recorded at frequency rank #49,906, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. published is at rank #41,409, tagged as averb, 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 91315, this pair ranks #38,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of motocross vs published

Shared letters: s. Private to "motocross": cmort. Private to "published": bdehilpu.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • motocross ← mmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross
  • published ← pbulished · ppublished · pubblished · pubilshed · publihsed · publisehd · publishde · publishedd

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "motocross" and "published" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "motocross" is a noun and "published" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "motocross" or "published"?
"published" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,409 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 "published". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "published" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #38,975 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "motocross" and "published" 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 #38,975 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