EckevsecoWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Ecke” and “eco” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#1,806
“Ecke” frequency rank
#20,222
“eco” frequency rank
22028
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ecke eco
Definition Punkt, in welchem zwei begrenzende Linien einer Fläche beziehungsweise drei oder mehr Grenzflächen eines Körpers zusammenstoßen das Echo, der Widerhall

Letter map: Ecke vs eco

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ecke and eco apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Ecke
3 ch
eco

Pair insight - Ecke / eco

Ecke and eco are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22028, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ecke is recorded at frequency rank #1,806, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɛkə]. eco is at rank #20,222, tagged as anoun, 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 22028, this pair ranks #1,879,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Ecke vs eco

Shared letters: ce. Private to "Ecke": k. Private to "eco": o.

"Ecke" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "eco" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Eckeceke · eccke · ecek · eckke · ekce

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Ecke" for "eco" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Ecke" or "eco"?
"Ecke" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,806 in our German list, against #20,222 for "eco". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Ecke" and "eco".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ecke" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,879,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ecke" and "eco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eco 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 #1,879,243 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