AmmevsAyeConfusable pair

Quick tell: Amme is a noun, Aye is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Amme” is a noun and “Aye” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,639
“Amme” frequency rank
#40,408
“Aye” frequency rank
82047
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Amme Aye
Definition eine ein fremdes Kind stillende und betreuende Frau nordfriesischer männlicher Vorname

Letter map: Amme vs Aye

Shared letters muted; letters that set Amme and Aye apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. Amme runs 4 letters (VCCV) against Aye's 3 (VVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
Amme
3 ch
Aye

Part-of-speech tell for Amme / Aye

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Amme is anoun and Ayeaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82047, 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]. Aye is at rank #40,408, tagged as aname, 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 82047, this pair ranks #164,308 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Amme vs Aye

Shared letters: ae. Private to "Amme": m. Private to "Aye": y.

"Amme" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "Aye" · 3 letters · shape VVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Amme ← ame · amem · mame

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Amme" for "Aye" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Amme" is a noun and "Aye" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Amme" or "Aye" show up more?
"Aye" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #40,408 in our German list, against #41,639 for "Amme". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Amme" and "Aye".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Amme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Aye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #164,308 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Amme" and "Aye" 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 #164,308 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