Which to use
“een” is a num and “eint” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,012
- “een” frequency rank
- #35,734
- “eint” frequency rank
- 68746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | een | eint |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eins; einer; ein einziger | 2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs einen |
Letter map: een vs eint
Shared letters muted; letters that set een and eint apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. een runs 3 letters (VVC) against eint'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 / eint
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: een is anum and eintaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
een is recorded at frequency rank #33,012, classified as anum, pronounced […]. eint is at rank #35,734, tagged as averb, pronounced [aɪ̯nt].
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 68746, this pair ranks #498,156 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of een vs eint
Shared letters: en. Private to "een": -. Private to "eint": it.
"een" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "eint" · 4 letters · shape VVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- eint ← einnt · eintt · eitn · enit · ient
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "een" for "eint" ever safe?
Which is more common, "een" or "eint"?
What to do next
Pair "een" vs "eint" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "een" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "eint" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #498,156 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "een" and "eint" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "EBIT vs eint". 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 #498,156 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.