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“Affe” and “anne” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,017
- “Affe” frequency rank
- #3,703
- “anne” frequency rank
- 15720
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Affe | anne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Säugetier aus der Unterordnung Anthropoidea in der Ordnung der Primaten | Mutter |
Where the eye mixes Affe and anne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Affe vs anne
A purely visual mix-up. Affe ([ˈafə]) and anne ([ˈɑnnɛ]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15720, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Affe is recorded at frequency rank #12,017, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈafə]. anne is at rank #3,703, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɑnnɛ].
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 15720, this pair ranks #1,941,680 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Affe vs anne
Shared letters: ae. Private to "Affe": f. Private to "anne": n.
"Affe" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "anne" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Affe" and "anne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Affe" or "anne" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Affe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "anne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,941,680 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Affe" and "anne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Affe vs Atze". 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 #1,941,680 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.