eavsEheWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: ea is a unknown, Ehe is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#10,458
“ea” frequency rank
#1,071
“Ehe” frequency rank
11529
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature ea Ehe
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum des Pronomens is institutionell anerkannte und beurkundete Verbindung zweier Menschen, die in der Regel durch eine Liebesbeziehung, gemeinsame Lebensführung und dauerhaftes Bestehen (sowie oft, aber nicht überall, auch durch den Ausschluss einer gleichzeitigen gleichartigen Verbindung mit einem Dritten) gekennzeichnet ist

Letter map: ea vs Ehe

Shared letters muted; letters that set ea and Ehe apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch
ea
3 ch
Ehe

Role in the sentence - ea and Ehe

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ea is anunknown and Eheanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11529, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

ea is recorded at frequency rank #10,458, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. Ehe is at rank #1,071, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈeːə].

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 11529, this pair ranks #1,969,412 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of ea vs Ehe

Shared letters: e. Private to "ea": a. Private to "Ehe": h.

"ea" · 2 letters · shape VV  ·  "Ehe" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "ea" and "Ehe" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "ea" is an unknown and "Ehe" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "ea" or "Ehe" show up more?
"Ehe" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,071 in our German list, against #10,458 for "ea". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "ea" and "Ehe". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "ea" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ehe" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,969,412 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "ea" and "Ehe" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ea vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,969,412 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