eglivsemiTell them apart

Quick tell: egli is a pronoun, emi is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“egli” is a pronoun and “emi” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,875
“egli” frequency rank
#38,706
“emi” frequency rank
84581
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature egli emi
Definition er mögen, Lust haben, im Begriff sein, geeignet sein (zu)

Letter map: egli vs emi

Shared letters muted; letters that set egli and emi apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
egli
3 ch
emi

Part-of-speech tell for egli / emi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: egli is apronoun and emiaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

egli is recorded at frequency rank #45,875, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈeʎʎi]. emi is at rank #38,706, tagged as averb.

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 84581, this pair ranks #121,479 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of egli vs emi

Shared letters: ei. Private to "egli": gl. Private to "emi": m.

"egli" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "emi" · 3 letters · shape VCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eglieggli · eglli · elgi

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "egli" and "emi" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "egli" is a pronoun and "emi" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "egli" vs "emi" - which ranks higher?
"emi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,706 in our German list, against #45,875 for "egli". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "egli" and "emi". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "egli" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "emi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #121,479 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "egli" and "emi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "egli vs Erle". 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 #121,479 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list