Which to use
“een” is a num and “eilen” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,012
- “een” frequency rank
- #25,518
- “eilen” frequency rank
- 58530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | een | eilen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eins; einer; ein einziger | schnell gehen, um ein Ziel möglichst schnell zu erreichen |
Letter map: een vs eilen
Shared letters muted; letters that set een and eilen apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. een runs 3 letters (VVC) against eilen's 5 (VVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: een vs eilen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: een is anum and eilenaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
een is recorded at frequency rank #33,012, classified as anum, pronounced […]. eilen is at rank #25,518, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯lən].
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 58530, this pair ranks #859,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of een vs eilen
Shared letters: en. Private to "een": -. Private to "eilen": il.
"een" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "eilen" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eilen ← eieln · eilenn · eillen · eilne · elien · ielen
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "een" and "eilen". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "een" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eilen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #859,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "een" and "eilen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "een 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 #859,212 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.