blasenvsBläserTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#5,810
“blasen” frequency rank
#33,482
“Bläser” frequency rank
39292
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature blasen Bläser
Definition Luft aus dem Mund ausstoßen; etwas in die Luft beziehungsweise Atmosphäre überleiten; in etwas hineinpusten Person, die ein Blasinstrument spielt

Where the eye mixes blasen and Bläser

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
blasen
6 ch
Bläser

Look-alike desk: blasen vs Bläser

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: blasen is [ˈblaːzn̩] while Bläser is [ˈblɛːzɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

blasen is recorded at frequency rank #5,810, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈblaːzn̩]. Bläser is at rank #33,482, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈblɛːzɐ].

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 39292, this pair ranks #1,540,796 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of blasen vs Bläser

Shared letters: bels. Private to "blasen": an. Private to "Bläser": .

"blasen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Bläser" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • blasenbalsen · bblasen · blaesn · blasenn · blasne · bllasen · blsaen · lbasen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "blasen" and "Bläser" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "blasen" is a verb and "Bläser" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "blasen" or "Bläser"?
"blasen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,810 in our German list, against #33,482 for "Bläser". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "blasen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Bläser" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,540,796 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "blasen" and "Bläser" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Bläser vs Blusen". 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 #1,540,796 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