Which to use
“Agnes” is a name and “aires” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,993
- “Agnes” frequency rank
- #16,077
- “aires” frequency rank
- 27070
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Agnes | aires |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | weiblicher Vorname | Plural des Substantivs aire |
Letter map: Agnes vs aires
Shared letters muted; letters that set Agnes and aires apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Role in the sentence - Agnes and aires
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Agnes is aname and airesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27070, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Agnes is recorded at frequency rank #10,993, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈaɡnɛs]. aires is at rank #16,077, tagged as anoun, 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 27070, this pair ranks #1,807,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Agnes vs aires
Shared letters: aes. Private to "Agnes": gn. Private to "aires": ir.
"Agnes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "aires" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Agnes" for "aires" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "Agnes" or "aires" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "Agnes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aires" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,807,840 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Agnes" and "aires" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aires 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 #1,807,840 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.