Which to use
“arme” and “armes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,652
- “arme” frequency rank
- #11,005
- “armes” frequency rank
- 12657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arme | armes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arm | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs arm |
Where the eye mixes arme and armes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. arme runs 4 letters (VCCV) against armes's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: arme vs armes
A purely visual mix-up. arme ([ˈaʁmə]) and armes ([ˈaʁməs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “arme” sits inside “armes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arme is recorded at frequency rank #1,652, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʁmə]. armes is at rank #11,005, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈaʁməs].
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 12657, this pair ranks #1,962,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arme vs armes
Shared letters: aemr. Private to "arme": -. Private to "armes": s.
"arme" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "armes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "arme" for "armes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "arme" vs "armes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "arme" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "armes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,962,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arme" and "armes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arma vs armes". 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 #1,962,849 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.