aresvsÄrgerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ares is a verb, Ärger is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“ares” is a verb and “Ärger” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#41,652
“ares” frequency rank
#3,498
“Ärger” frequency rank
45150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ares Ärger
Definition 2. Person Singular Konjunktiv Präsens Aktiv des Verbs arare spontane, innere, emotionale Reaktion hochgradiger Unzufriedenheit auf eine Situation, eine Person oder eine Erinnerung, die der Verärgerte lieber anders gesehen hätte

Letter map: ares vs Ärger

Shared letters muted; letters that set ares and Ärger apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. ares runs 4 letters (VCVC) against Ärger's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
ares
5 ch
Ärger

Grammar separator: ares vs Ärger

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ares is averb and Ärgeranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ares is recorded at frequency rank #41,652, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Ärger is at rank #3,498, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɛʁɡɐ].

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 45150, this pair ranks #1,362,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of ares vs Ärger

Shared letters: er. Private to "ares": as. Private to "Ärger": gä.

"ares" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "Ärger" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ares ← aers · aress · arres · arse · raes

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "ares" and "Ärger" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ares" is a verb and "Ärger" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "ares" or "Ärger"?
"Ärger" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,498 in our German list, against #41,652 for "ares". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "ares" and "Ärger". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ares" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ärger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,362,788 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ares" and "Ärger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ares 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 #1,362,788 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