Which to use
“een” is a num and “Enten” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,012
- “een” frequency rank
- #15,072
- “Enten” frequency rank
- 48084
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | een | Enten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eins; einer; ein einziger | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Ente |
Letter map: een vs Enten
Shared letters muted; letters that set een and Enten apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. een runs 3 letters (VVC) against Enten'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 / Enten
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: een is anum and Entenanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48084, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
een is recorded at frequency rank #33,012, classified as anum, pronounced […]. Enten is at rank #15,072, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɛntn̩].
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 48084, this pair ranks #1,261,374 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of een vs Enten
Shared letters: en. Private to "een": -. Private to "Enten": t.
"een" · 3 letters · shape VVC · "Enten" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Enten ← enetn · ennten · entenn · entne · etnen
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "een" and "Enten" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "een" or "Enten"?
After this comparison
Pair "een" vs "Enten" 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 "Enten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,261,374 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "een" and "Enten" 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 #1,261,374 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.