Which to use
“apples” is a noun and “Nahmen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,419
- “apples” frequency rank
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- 25929
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | apples | Nahmen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs apple | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: apples vs Nahmen
Shared letters muted; letters that set apples and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - apples and Nahmen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: apples is anoun and Nahmenaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
apples is recorded at frequency rank #23,419, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Nahmen is at rank #2,510, 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 25929, this pair ranks #1,825,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of apples vs Nahmen
Shared letters: ae. Private to "apples": lps. Private to "Nahmen": hmn.
"apples" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC · "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "apples" for "Nahmen" ever safe?
Frequency check: "apples" vs "Nahmen" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "apples" vs "Nahmen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "apples" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,825,843 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "apples" and "Nahmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "apples 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 #1,825,843 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.