Which to use
“een” is a num and “enden” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,012
- “een” frequency rank
- #3,242
- “enden” frequency rank
- 36254
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | een | enden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eins; einer; ein einziger | aufhören, am Ende sein, zu Ende kommen |
Letter map: een vs enden
Shared letters muted; letters that set een and enden apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. een runs 3 letters (VVC) against enden's 5 (VCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for een / enden
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: een is anum and endenaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
een is recorded at frequency rank #33,012, classified as anum, pronounced […]. enden is at rank #3,242, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈɛndn̩].
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 36254, this pair ranks #1,620,211 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of een vs enden
Shared letters: en. Private to "een": -. Private to "enden": d.
"een" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "enden" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- enden ← endden · endenn · endne · enedn · ennden · neden
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "een" for "enden" ever safe?
Which is more common, "een" or "enden"?
What to do next
Pair "een" vs "enden" 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 "enden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,620,211 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "een" and "enden" 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 #1,620,211 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.