EbenevseenConfusable pair

Quick tell: Ebene is a noun, een is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#1,875
“Ebene” frequency rank
#33,012
“een” frequency rank
34887
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ebene een
Definition ungekrümmte, planare Fläche eins; einer; ein einziger

Letter map: Ebene vs een

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

5 ch
Ebene
3 ch
een

Role in the sentence - Ebene and een

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ebene is anoun and eenanum. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34887, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ebene is recorded at frequency rank #1,875, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈeːbənə]. 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 34887, this pair ranks #1,653,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Ebene vs een

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

"Ebene" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "een" · 3 letters · shape VVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ebenebeene · ebbene · ebeen · ebenne · ebnee · eebne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Ebene" and "een" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ebene" is a noun and "een" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Ebene" vs "een" - which ranks higher?
"Ebene" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,875 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.

After this comparison

Pair "Ebene" vs "een" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ebene" 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 #1,653,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ebene" 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

Confusion rank #1,653,000 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