AdminvsamiConfusable pair

Quick tell: Admin is a noun, ami is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Admin” is a noun and “ami” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,818
“Admin” frequency rank
#15,552
“ami” frequency rank
36370
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Admin ami
Definition Verwender eines Benutzerkontos mit erweiterten Rechten auf einem Rechner, einer Datenbank, einer Internetseite oder Ähnlichem jemanden lieben

Letter map: Admin vs ami

Shared letters muted; letters that set Admin and ami apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Admin
3 ch
ami

Role in the sentence - Admin and ami

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Admin is anoun and amiaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36370, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Admin is recorded at frequency rank #20,818, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈatmin]. ami is at rank #15,552, 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 36370, this pair ranks #1,617,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Admin vs ami

Shared letters: aim. Private to "Admin": dn. Private to "ami": -.

"Admin" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "ami" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Adminaddmin · adimn · adminn · admmin · admni · amdin · damin

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Admin" and "ami" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Admin" is a noun and "ami" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Admin" or "ami" show up more?
"ami" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,552 in our German list, against #20,818 for "Admin". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Admin" and "ami".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Admin" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ami" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,617,336 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Admin" and "ami" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Admin vs Amman". 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 #1,617,336 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