Which to use
“much” is an adjective and “smoking” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,098
- “much” frequency rank
- #39,030
- “smoking” frequency rank
- 50128
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | much | smoking |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | viel | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs smoke |
Letter map: much vs smoking
Shared letters muted; letters that set much and smoking apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. much runs 4 letters (CVCC) against smoking's 7 (CCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - much and smoking
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: much is anadjective and smokingaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50128, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
much is recorded at frequency rank #11,098, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. smoking is at rank #39,030, 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 50128, this pair ranks #1,185,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of much vs smoking
Shared letters: m. Private to "much": chu. Private to "smoking": giknos.
"much" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "smoking" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "much" and "smoking" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "much" or "smoking" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "much" vs "smoking" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "much" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "smoking" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,185,605 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "much" and "smoking" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs smoking". 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 #1,185,605 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.