Which to use
“echte” is an adjective and “Eiche” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,691
- “echte” frequency rank
- #11,034
- “Eiche” frequency rank
- 12725
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | echte | Eiche |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum Positiv der starken Flexion des Adjektivs echt | Laubbaum der Gattung Quercus |
Where the eye mixes echte and Eiche
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses echte with Eiche
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: echte is [ˈɛçtə] while Eiche is [ˈaɪ̯çə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12725, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
echte is recorded at frequency rank #1,691, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈɛçtə]. Eiche is at rank #11,034, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯çə].
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 12725, this pair ranks #1,962,429 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of echte vs Eiche
Shared letters: ceh. Private to "echte": t. Private to "Eiche": i.
"echte" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV · "Eiche" · 5 letters · shape VVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "echte" for "Eiche" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "echte" or "Eiche" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "echte" and "Eiche" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "echte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Eiche" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,962,429 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "echte" and "Eiche" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Eiche vs Eicheln". 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 #1,962,429 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.