deinvsDennyWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: dein is a pronoun, Denny is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“dein” is a pronoun and “Denny” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#316
“dein” frequency rank
#41,106
“Denny” frequency rank
41422
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature dein Denny
Definition Form des Possessivpronomens „dein, deine, dein“: Zeigt den Besitz, das Eigentum oder die Zugehörigkeit einer Person bzw. Sache zu einer dem Sprecher direkt gegenüberstehenden Person, Sache an männlicher Vorname

Letter map: dein vs Denny

Shared letters muted; letters that set dein and Denny apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
dein
5 ch
Denny

Part-of-speech tell for dein / Denny

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: dein is apronoun and Dennyaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

dein is recorded at frequency rank #316, classified as apron, pronounced [daɪ̯n]. Denny is at rank #41,106, 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 41422, this pair ranks #1,479,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of dein vs Denny

Shared letters: den. Private to "dein": i. Private to "Denny": y.

"dein" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "Denny" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deinddein · deinn · deni · dien · edin
  • Dennyddenny · dennyy · deny · denyn · dneny · ednny

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "dein" and "Denny" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "dein" is a pronoun and "Denny" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "dein" or "Denny"?
"dein" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #316 in our German list, against #41,106 for "Denny". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "dein" vs "Denny" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "dein" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Denny" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,479,911 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "dein" and "Denny" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Denny 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 #1,479,911 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