eamvsehrWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: eam is a unknown, ehr is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“eam” is an unknown and “ehr” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,085
“eam” frequency rank
#18,213
“ehr” frequency rank
66298
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eam ehr
Definition Akkusativ Singular Femininum des Pronomens is 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs ehren

Letter map: eam vs ehr

Shared letters muted; letters that set eam and ehr apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch
eam
3 ch
ehr

Grammar separator: eam vs ehr

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eam is anunknown and ehraverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66298, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eam is recorded at frequency rank #48,085, classified as anunknown, pronounced […]. ehr is at rank #18,213, tagged as averb, pronounced [eːɐ̯].

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 66298, this pair ranks #577,974 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eam vs ehr

Shared letters: e. Private to "eam": am. Private to "ehr": hr.

"eam" · 3 letters · shape VVC  ·  "ehr" · 3 letters · shape VCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eam" and "ehr" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eam" is an unknown and "ehr" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "eam" or "ehr"?
"ehr" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,213 in our German list, against #48,085 for "eam". 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 "eam" and "ehr". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eam" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ehr" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #577,974 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eam" and "ehr" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eam vs puzzles". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #577,974 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