deinesvsdünnesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: deines is a unknown, dünnes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“deines” is an unknown and “dünnes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,572
“deines” frequency rank
#29,092
“dünnes” frequency rank
32664
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature deines dünnes
Definition Genitiv Singular Maskulinum des Possessivpronomens dein Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn

Where the eye mixes deines and dünnes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
deines
6 ch
dünnes

Visual trap between deines and dünnes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: deines is [ˈdaɪ̯nəs] while dünnes is [ˈdʏnəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (unknown vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32664, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

deines is recorded at frequency rank #3,572, classified as anunknown, pronounced [ˈdaɪ̯nəs]. dünnes is at rank #29,092, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʏnəs].

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 32664, this pair ranks #1,702,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of deines vs dünnes

Shared letters: dens. Private to "deines": i. Private to "dünnes": ü.

"deines" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "dünnes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • deinesddeines · deiens · deiness · deinnes · deinse · denies · dienes · edines

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "deines" and "dünnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "deines" is an unknown and "dünnes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "deines" or "dünnes"?
"deines" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,572 in our German list, against #29,092 for "dünnes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "deines" and "dünnes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "deines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "dünnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,702,749 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "deines" and "dünnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "dudes vs dünnes". 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 #1,702,749 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