Which to use
“Amme” is a noun and “arme” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,639
- “Amme” frequency rank
- #1,652
- “arme” frequency rank
- 43291
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Amme | arme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eine ein fremdes Kind stillende und betreuende Frau | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arm |
Where the eye mixes Amme and arme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Amme and arme follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: Amme vs arme
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Amme is [ˈamə] while arme is [ˈaʁmə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - m in “Amme” becomes r in “arme”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43291, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Amme is recorded at frequency rank #41,639, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈamə]. arme is at rank #1,652, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʁmə].
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 43291, this pair ranks #1,422,683 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Amme vs arme
Shared letters: aem. Private to "Amme": -. Private to "arme": r.
"Amme" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "arme" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Amme" and "arme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Amme" or "arme" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Amme" and "arme" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Amme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,422,683 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Amme" and "arme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Amme 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 #1,422,683 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.