Which to use
“Adele” is a name and “agile” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,148
- “Adele” frequency rank
- #28,987
- “agile” frequency rank
- 47135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Adele | agile |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weiblicher Vorname | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs agil |
Where the eye mixes Adele and agile
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Adele vs agile
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Adele is [aˈdeːlə] while agile is [aˈɡiːlə]. 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 (name vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Adele is recorded at frequency rank #18,148, classified as aname, pronounced [aˈdeːlə]. agile is at rank #28,987, tagged as anadj, pronounced [aˈɡiːlə].
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 47135, this pair ranks #1,294,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Adele vs agile
Shared letters: ael. Private to "Adele": d. Private to "agile": gi.
"Adele" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV · "agile" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Adele" and "agile" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Adele" or "agile" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Adele" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "agile" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,294,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Adele" and "agile" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "agile vs angle". 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 #1,294,991 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.