Which to use
“Abnehmer” is a noun and “annehmen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,453
- “Abnehmer” frequency rank
- #3,296
- “annehmen” frequency rank
- 21749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Abnehmer | annehmen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person, Gruppe oder Institution, die das von einem anderen Gelieferte oder Produzierte gegen eine Gegenleistung annimmt | eine Vermutung anstellen |
Where the eye mixes Abnehmer and annehmen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Abnehmer and annehmen follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Abnehmer vs annehmen
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Abnehmer is [ˈapneːmɐ] while annehmen is [ˈanˌneːmən]. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Abnehmer is recorded at frequency rank #18,453, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈapneːmɐ]. annehmen is at rank #3,296, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈanˌneːmən].
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 21749, this pair ranks #1,882,609 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Abnehmer vs annehmen
Shared letters: aehmn. Private to "Abnehmer": br. Private to "annehmen": -.
"Abnehmer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "annehmen" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Abnehmer" for "annehmen" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Abnehmer" or "annehmen" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Abnehmer" and "annehmen" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Abnehmer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "annehmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,882,609 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Abnehmer" and "annehmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Abnehmer vs annehme". 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 #1,882,609 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.