ArmeevsarmsTell them apart

Which to use

“Armee” and “arms” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,538
“Armee” frequency rank
#25,891
“arms” frequency rank
27429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Armee arms
Definition bewaffnete Landmacht, Heer, Heeresabteilung Plural des Substantivs arm

Letter map: Armee vs arms

Shared letters muted; letters that set Armee and arms apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Armee
4 ch
arms

Spelling & dictionary notes on Armee vs arms

Armee and arms are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Armee is recorded at frequency rank #1,538, classified as anoun, pronounced [aʁˈmeː]. arms is at rank #25,891, tagged as anoun, 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 27429, this pair ranks #1,801,923 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Armee vs arms

Shared letters: amr. Private to "Armee": e. Private to "arms": s.

"Armee" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV  ·  "arms" · 4 letters · shape VCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Armeeamree · areme · armmee · arrmee · ramee
  • armsarmms · armss · arrms · arsm · rams

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Armee" and "arms" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Armee" vs "arms" - which ranks higher?
"Armee" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,538 in our German list, against #25,891 for "arms". 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 "Armee" and "arms". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Armee" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "arms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,801,923 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Armee" and "arms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arms 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 #1,801,923 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