abervsaresTell them apart

Quick tell: aber is a conjunction, ares is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“aber” is a conjunction and “ares” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31
“aber” frequency rank
#41,652
“ares” frequency rank
41683
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature aber ares
Definition jedoch, dagegen 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arare

Letter map: aber vs ares

Shared letters muted; letters that set aber and ares apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. aber and ares follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
aber
4 ch
ares

Role in the sentence - aber and ares

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: aber is aconjunction and aresaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

aber is recorded at frequency rank #31, classified as aconj, pronounced [ˈaːbɐ]. ares is at rank #41,652, 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 41683, this pair ranks #1,472,176 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of aber vs ares

Shared letters: aer. Private to "aber": b. Private to "ares": s.

"aber" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • aber ← abber · aberr · abre · aebr · baer
  • ares ← aers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "aber" and "ares" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "aber" is a conjunction and "ares" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "aber" or "ares"?
"aber" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31 in our German list, against #41,652 for "ares". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "aber" vs "ares" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "aber" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,472,176 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "aber" and "ares" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ares vs puzzles". 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 #1,472,176 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list