Which to use
“brink” is a noun and “et” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,421
- “brink” frequency rank
- #1,447
- “et” frequency rank
- 38868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | brink | et |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs eat |
Letter map: brink vs et
Shared letters muted; letters that set brink and et apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: brink is anoun and etaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
brink is recorded at frequency rank #37,421, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. et is at rank #1,447, tagged as averb, 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 38868, this pair ranks #1,552,497 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of brink vs et
Shared letters: none. Private to "brink": biknr. Private to "et": et.
"brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "et" · 2 letters · shape VC
Known mistypes of this pair
- brink ← bbrink · birnk · brikn · brinkk · brinnk · brnik · brrink · rbink