martinavsMartiniWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: martina is a verb, Martini is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“martina” is a verb and “Martini” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#33,781
“martina” frequency rank
#21,690
“Martini” frequency rank
55471
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature martina Martini
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe martiner. Nom de famille.

Letter map: martina vs Martini

Shared letters muted; letters that set martina and Martini apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. martina and Martini follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

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martina
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Part-of-speech tell for martina / Martini

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: martina is averb and Martinianame. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “martina” becomes i in “Martini”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

martina is recorded at frequency rank #33,781, classified as averb, pronounced \maʁ.ti.na\. Martini is at rank #21,690, tagged as aname.

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 55471, this pair ranks #127,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of martina vs Martini

Shared letters: aimnrt. Private to "martina": -. Private to "Martini": -.

"martina" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV  ·  "Martini" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • martinaamrtina · maritna · marrtina · martian · martinna · martnia · marttina · matrina
  • Martiniamrtini · maritni · marrtini · martiin · martinni · martnii · marttini · matrini

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "martina" for "Martini" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "martina" is a verb and "Martini" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "martina" or "Martini" show up more?
"Martini" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,690 in our French list, against #33,781 for "martina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "martina" and "Martini". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "martina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Martini" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #127,244 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "martina" and "Martini" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Martigny vs martina". 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 #127,244 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list