motocrossvsspacesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
#38,421
“spaces” frequency rank
88327
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature motocross spaces
Definition Motocross 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs space

Letter map: motocross vs spaces

Shared letters muted; letters that set motocross and spaces apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. motocross runs 9 letters (CVCVCCVCC) against spaces's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
motocross
6 ch
spaces

Part-of-speech tell for motocross / spaces

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: motocross is anoun and spacesaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88327, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

motocross is recorded at frequency rank #49,906, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. spaces is at rank #38,421, 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 88327, this pair ranks #69,606 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of motocross vs spaces

Shared letters: cs. Private to "motocross": mort. Private to "spaces": aep.

"motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "spaces" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • motocross ← mmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross
  • spaces ← psaces · sapces · spacces · spacess · spacse · spaecs · spcaes · sppaces

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "motocross" and "spaces" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "motocross" is a noun and "spaces" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "motocross" or "spaces"?
"spaces" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,421 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "spaces" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,606 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "motocross" and "spaces" 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 #69,606 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