eben vs een, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“eben” is an adjective and “een” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#357
“eben” frequency rank: #33,012
“een” frequency rank: 33369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	eben	een
Definition	parallel zu einer gleichmäßig flachen Erdoberfläche; horizontal verlaufend, liegend; waagerecht	eins; einer; ein einziger

Letter map: eben vs een

Shared letters muted; letters that set eben and een apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch

eben

3 ch

een

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eben is anadjective and eenanum. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eben is recorded at frequency rank #357, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈeːbn̩]. een is at rank #33,012, tagged as anum, 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 33369, this pair ranks #1,687,449 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eben vs een

Shared letters: en. Private to "eben": b. Private to "een": -.

"eben" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "een" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

eben ← ebben · ebenn · ebne · eebn

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "eben" and "een" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eben" is an adjective and "een" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "eben" or "een"?

"eben" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #357 in our German list, against #33,012 for "een". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "eben" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "een" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,687,449 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"eben" and "een" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "een 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

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