EdevsemiWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Ede is a name, emi is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ede” is a name and “emi” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,118
“Ede” frequency rank
#38,706
“emi” frequency rank
81824
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ede emi
Definition männlicher Vorname mögen, Lust haben, im Begriff sein, geeignet sein (zu)

Letter map: Ede vs emi

Shared letters muted; letters that set Ede and emi apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Ede and emi follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

3 ch
Ede
3 ch
emi

Part-of-speech tell for Ede / emi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ede is aname and emiaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81824, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ede is recorded at frequency rank #43,118, classified as aname, pronounced [ˈeːdə]. emi is at rank #38,706, tagged as averb.

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 81824, this pair ranks #168,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of Ede vs emi

Shared letters: e. Private to "Ede": d. Private to "emi": im.

"Ede" · 3 letters · shape VCV  ·  "emi" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Ede" for "emi" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ede" is a name and "emi" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Ede" or "emi" show up more?
"emi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,706 in our German list, against #43,118 for "Ede". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Ede" and "emi". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ede" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #168,428 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ede" and "emi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Ede vs Erle". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #168,428 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