ebenvseverConfusable pair

Quick tell: eben is a adjective, ever is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#357
“eben” frequency rank
#13,356
“ever” frequency rank
13713
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eben ever
Definition parallel zu einer gleichmäßig flachen Erdoberfläche; horizontal verlaufend, liegend; waagerecht immer

Letter map: eben vs ever

Shared letters muted; letters that set eben and ever apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
eben
4 ch
ever

Role in the sentence - eben and ever

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: eben is anadjective and everanadverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13713, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eben is recorded at frequency rank #357, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈeːbn̩]. ever is at rank #13,356, tagged as anadv, 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 13713, this pair ranks #1,956,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of eben vs ever

Shared letters: e. Private to "eben": bn. Private to "ever": rv.

"eben" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "ever" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ebenebben · ebenn · ebne · eebn
  • evereevr · everr · evre · evver · veer

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "eben" for "ever" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "eben" is an adjective and "ever" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "eben" vs "ever" - which ranks higher?
"eben" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #357 in our German list, against #13,356 for "ever". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "eben" vs "ever" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eben" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "ever" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,956,218 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eben" and "ever" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ever 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

Confusion rank #1,956,218 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