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

#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
#38,417
“smoothies” frequency rank
88323
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature motocross smoothies
Definition Motocross Plural des Substantivs smoothy

Letter map: motocross vs smoothies

Shared letters muted; letters that set motocross and smoothies apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. motocross (CVCVCCVCC) and smoothies (CCVVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
motocross
9 ch
smoothies

Pair insight - motocross / smoothies

motocross and smoothies 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 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88323, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

motocross is recorded at frequency rank #49,906, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. smoothies is at rank #38,417, 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 88323, this pair ranks #69,659 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of motocross vs smoothies

Shared letters: most. Private to "motocross": cr. Private to "smoothies": ehi.

"motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "smoothies" · 9 letters · shape CCVVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • motocrossmmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross
  • smoothiesmsoothies · smmoothies · smoohties · smootheis · smoothhies · smoothiess · smoothise · smootihes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "motocross" and "smoothies" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 7 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 "smoothies" - which ranks higher?
"smoothies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,417 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

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "motocross" and "smoothies".

  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "smoothies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,659 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "motocross" and "smoothies" 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 #69,659 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