Marine

[maˈʁiːnə]

/[maˈʁiːnə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Marine” has 7 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #5,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,393
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - die zur Seekriegsführung bestimmten Streitkräfte eines Staates

Corpus desk

Index DE-marine · Marine · German

Marine · rank #5,393 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,393
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lukas

Nearest frequency peer: Lukas (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Marine“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Marine“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Marine vs Mine
67% similar
Marine vs meine
50% similar
Marine vs Marke
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Marine
PropertyValue
HeadwordMarine
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[maˈʁiːnə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#5,393
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Marine“

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Marineliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Lukas“ (#5,392), „Mg“ (#5,394), „konservativen“ (#5,391). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Marine“ bei #5,393. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Marine (IPA [maˈʁiːnə]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,393 among 3,571 “M” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Marine, with forms such as "amrine", "mairne", and "marinne". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Mine", "meine", "Marke", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Marine, spelled M-A-R-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    die zur Seekriegsführung bestimmten Streitkräfte eines Staates
  2. 2
    Handelsmarine, das zivile Seewesen eines Staates

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Marine appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die US-amerikanische Marine (US-Navy) gehört zu den stärksten der Welt.
  2. „In einer Sammlung mit Augenzeugenberichten fand ich ein Dokument aus dem Jahr 1829, in dem es um ein amerikanisches Sklavenschiff ging, das von der britischen Marine im südlichen Atlantik aufgebracht worden war.“

Synonyms

KriegsflotteKriegsmarineSeemachtSeestreitkräfteHandelsflotte

Antonyms

LuftwaffeHeer

This word in other languages

navy(English)marina(Español)marine(Français)marinha(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • amrine
  • mairne
  • marinne
  • marnie
  • marrine
  • mmarine
  • mraine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Marine - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

amrine2mairne2marinne1marnie2marrine1mmarine1mraine2
Edit distance from "Marine"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Marine"?
"Marine" is spelled M-A-R-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is [maˈʁiːnə].
What does "Marine" mean?
As a noun, "Marine" means: die zur Seekriegsführung bestimmten Streitkräfte eines Staates
What words are commonly confused with "Marine"?
"Marine" is commonly confused with "Mine", "meine", "Marke". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Marine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Marine" is [maˈʁiːnə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Marine" come from?
"Marine" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Marine", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Motive#5,398Panzer#5,406Gästen#5,374Grafen#5,372

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Lukas7 variantshohes7 variantsPenis7 variantsReinen7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list