Which to use
“Dinge” is a noun and “dünne” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #516
- “Dinge” frequency rank
- #9,353
- “dünne” frequency rank
- 9869
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Dinge | dünne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ding | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs dünn |
Where the eye mixes Dinge and dünne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Dinge vs dünne
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Dinge is [ˈdɪŋə] while dünne is [ˈdʏnə]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9869, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Dinge is recorded at frequency rank #516, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈdɪŋə]. dünne is at rank #9,353, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈdʏnə].
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 9869, this pair ranks #1,977,912 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Dinge vs dünne
Shared letters: den. Private to "Dinge": gi. Private to "dünne": ü.
"Dinge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "dünne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- Dinge ← ddinge · digne · dineg · dingge · dinnge · dnige · idnge
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Dinge" and "dünne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Dinge" vs "dünne" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Dinge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "dünne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,977,912 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Dinge" and "dünne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Düne vs dünne". 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 #1,977,912 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.