edgevseureTell them apart

Quick tell: edge is a noun, eure is a determiner, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“edge” is a noun and “eure” is a determiner - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,053
“edge” frequency rank
#878
“eure” frequency rank
12931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature edge eure
Definition Schneide Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer

Letter map: edge vs eure

Shared letters muted; letters that set edge and eure apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. edge (VCCV) and eure (VVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

4 ch
edge
4 ch
eure

Grammar separator: edge vs eure

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: edge is anoun and eureadeterminer. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

edge is recorded at frequency rank #12,053, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. eure is at rank #878, tagged as adet, pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə].

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 12931, this pair ranks #1,961,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of edge vs eure

Shared letters: e. Private to "edge": dg. Private to "eure": ru.

"edge" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "eure" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • edge ← dege · eddge · edeg · edgge · egde
  • eure ← erue · eurre · uere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "edge" and "eure" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "edge" is a noun and "eure" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "edge" or "eure"?
"eure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #878 in our German list, against #12,053 for "edge". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pair "edge" vs "eure" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "edge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,961,148 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "edge" and "eure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "edge 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 #1,961,148 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