Which to use
“marines” is a verb and “motines” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,663
- “marines” frequency rank
- #36,173
- “motines” frequency rank
- 51836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | marines | motines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de marinar. | Forma del plural de motín. |
Where the eye mixes marines and motines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. marines and motines follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: marines vs motines
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: marines is [maˈɾines] while motines is [moˈt̪ines]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
marines is recorded at frequency rank #15,663, classified as averb, pronounced [maˈɾines]. motines is at rank #36,173, tagged as anoun, pronounced [moˈt̪ines].
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 51836, this pair ranks #95,800 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of marines vs motines
Shared letters: eimns. Private to "marines": ar. Private to "motines": ot.
"marines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "motines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "marines" for "motines" ever safe?
Frequency check: "marines" vs "motines" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "marines" and "motines" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "marines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "motines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,800 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "marines" and "motines" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motines vs motrices". 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 #95,800 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.