Which to use
“ebnen” is a verb and “een” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,123
- “ebnen” frequency rank
- #33,012
- “een” frequency rank
- 74135
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ebnen | een |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas auf eine Ebene oder die gleiche Höhe bringen; eben machen | eins; einer; ein einziger |
Letter map: ebnen vs een
Shared letters muted; letters that set ebnen and een apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. ebnen runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against een's 3 (VVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for ebnen / een
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ebnen is averb and eenanum. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74135, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ebnen is recorded at frequency rank #41,123, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈeːbnən]. 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 74135, this pair ranks #341,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ebnen vs een
Shared letters: en. Private to "ebnen": b. Private to "een": -.
"ebnen" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "een" · 3 letters · shape VVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- ebnen ← benen · ebbnen · ebnenn · ebnne · ebnnen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ebnen" and "een" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "ebnen" vs "een" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "ebnen" and "een". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "ebnen" 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 #341,503 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ebnen" and "een" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ebnen vs Eupen". 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 #341,503 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.