circlevsiiWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: circle is a noun, ii is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“circle” is a noun and “ii” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#21,932
“circle” frequency rank
#520
“ii” frequency rank
22452
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature circle ii
Definition geometrische Form; Kreis Nominativ Plural Maskulinum des Pronomens is

Letter map: circle vs ii

Shared letters muted; letters that set circle and ii apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
circle
2 ch
ii

Role in the sentence - circle and ii

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: circle is anoun and iianunknown. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22452, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

circle is recorded at frequency rank #21,932, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. ii is at rank #520, tagged as anunknown, 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 22452, this pair ranks #1,873,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of circle vs ii

Shared letters: i. Private to "circle": celr. Private to "ii": -.

"circle" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV  ·  "ii" · 2 letters · shape VV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • circleccircle · cicrle · circcle · circel · circlle · cirlce · cirrcle · cricle

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "circle" and "ii" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "circle" is a noun and "ii" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "circle" or "ii"?
"ii" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #520 in our German list, against #21,932 for "circle". 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 "circle" and "ii". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "circle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ii" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,873,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "circle" and "ii" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "circle 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 #1,873,986 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