BlazervsblöderWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Blazer is a noun, blöder is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Blazer” is a noun and “blöder” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,845
“Blazer” frequency rank
#19,853
“blöder” frequency rank
59698
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Blazer blöder
Definition meist blaue Klubjacke für Männer mit Abzeichen und Metallknöpfen Nominativ Singular Maskulinum der starken Flexion des Positivs des Adjektivs blöd

Where the eye mixes Blazer and blöder

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

6 ch
Blazer
6 ch
blöder

Look-alike desk: Blazer vs blöder

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Blazer is [ˈbleːzɐ] while blöder is [ˈbløːdɐ]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59698, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Blazer is recorded at frequency rank #39,845, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbleːzɐ]. blöder is at rank #19,853, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈbløːdɐ].

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 59698, this pair ranks #814,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Blazer vs blöder

Shared letters: belr. Private to "Blazer": az. Private to "blöder": .

"Blazer" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "blöder" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Blazerbalzer · bblazer · blaezr · blazerr · blazre · blazzer · bllazer · blzaer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Blazer" and "blöder" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Blazer" is a noun and "blöder" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Blazer" or "blöder" show up more?
"blöder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,853 in our German list, against #39,845 for "Blazer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Blazer" and "blöder" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Blazer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "blöder" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #814,743 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Blazer" and "blöder" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "blasser vs Blazer". 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 #814,743 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