applicationsvsNahmenConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,469
“applications” frequency rank
#2,510
“Nahmen” frequency rank
51979
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature applications Nahmen
Definition Plural des Substantivs application männlicher Vorname

Letter map: applications vs Nahmen

Shared letters muted; letters that set applications and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

12 ch
applications
6 ch
Nahmen

Role in the sentence - applications and Nahmen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: applications is anoun and Nahmenaname. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

applications is recorded at frequency rank #49,469, 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 51979, this pair ranks #1,114,601 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of applications vs Nahmen

Shared letters: an. Private to "applications": cilopst. Private to "Nahmen": ehm.

"applications" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCVCVVCC  ·  "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • applicationsaplications · aplpications · appilcations · applciations · appliactions · applicaitons · applicatinos · applicationns
  • Nahmenanhmen · nahemn · nahhmen · nahmenn · nahmmen · nahmne · namhen · nhamen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "applications" and "Nahmen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "applications" is a noun and "Nahmen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "applications" or "Nahmen"?
"Nahmen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,510 in our German list, against #49,469 for "applications". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "applications" vs "Nahmen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "applications" 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 #1,114,601 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "applications" and "Nahmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "applications 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 #1,114,601 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