Which to use
“breaking” is a verb and “Nahmen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,242
- “breaking” frequency rank
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- 19752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | breaking | Nahmen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs break | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: breaking vs Nahmen
Shared letters muted; letters that set breaking and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: breaking vs Nahmen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: breaking is averb and Nahmenaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
breaking is recorded at frequency rank #17,242, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Nahmen is at rank #2,510, tagged as aname, 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 19752, this pair ranks #1,904,960 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of breaking vs Nahmen
Shared letters: aen. Private to "breaking": bgikr. Private to "Nahmen": hm.
"breaking" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC · "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "breaking" and "Nahmen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "breaking" or "Nahmen" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "breaking" and "Nahmen".
- Full dictionary entry for "breaking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,904,960 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "breaking" and "Nahmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "breaking 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 #1,904,960 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.