Which to use
“closed” is a verb and “Nahmen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,496
- “closed” frequency rank
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- 34006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | closed | Nahmen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs close | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: closed vs Nahmen
Shared letters muted; letters that set closed and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for closed / Nahmen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: closed is averb and Nahmenaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
closed is recorded at frequency rank #31,496, 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 34006, this pair ranks #1,673,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of closed vs Nahmen
Shared letters: e. Private to "closed": cdlos. Private to "Nahmen": ahmn.
"closed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "closed" and "Nahmen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "closed" or "Nahmen" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "closed" vs "Nahmen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "closed" 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 #1,673,149 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "closed" and "Nahmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "closed 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 #1,673,149 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.