1er vs ii, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“1er” is an adjective and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#26,274
“1er” frequency rank: #520
“ii” frequency rank: 26794
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	1er	ii
Definition	dem zweiten vorangehend; 1.	Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: 1er vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set 1er and ii apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

3 ch

1er

2 ch

Grammar separator: 1er vs ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: 1er is anadjective and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26794, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

1er is recorded at frequency rank #26,274, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 26794, this pair ranks #1,812,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of 1er vs ii

Shared letters: none. Private to "1er": er. Private to "ii": i.

"1er" · 2 letters · shape VC · "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "1er" and "ii" mean the same thing in a sentence?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "1er" is an adjective and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "1er" or "ii" show up more?

"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #26,274 for "1er". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "1er" vs "ii" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

Full dictionary entry for "1er" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,812,281 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"1er" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "1er vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,812,281 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.