Which to use
“een” is a num and “Eins” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,012
- “een” frequency rank
- #923
- “Eins” frequency rank
- 33935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | een | Eins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eins; einer; ein einziger | die natürliche Zahl zwischen Null und Zwei |
Letter map: een vs Eins
Shared letters muted; letters that set een and Eins apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. een runs 3 letters (VVC) against Eins's 4 (VVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for een / Eins
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: een is anum and Einsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
een is recorded at frequency rank #33,012, classified as anum, pronounced […]. Eins is at rank #923, tagged as anoun, pronounced [aɪ̯ns].
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 33935, this pair ranks #1,674,763 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of een vs Eins
Shared letters: en. Private to "een": -. Private to "Eins": is.
"een" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "Eins" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Eins ← einns · einss · eisn · enis · iens
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "een" and "Eins" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "een" or "Eins" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "een" and "Eins". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "een" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Eins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,674,763 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "een" and "Eins" 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 #1,674,763 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.