EhrevsentreConfusable pair

Quick tell: Ehre is a noun, entre is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Ehre” is a noun and “entre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,439
“Ehre” frequency rank
#38,711
“entre” frequency rank
41150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ehre entre
Definition innere Würde, die ein Mensch sich selbst gegenüber empfindet 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs entern

Where the eye mixes Ehre and entre

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
Ehre
5 ch
entre

Look-alike desk: Ehre vs entre

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Ehre is [ˈeːʁə] while entre is [ˈɛntʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Ehre is recorded at frequency rank #2,439, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈeːʁə]. entre is at rank #38,711, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈɛntʁə].

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 41150, this pair ranks #1,487,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Ehre vs entre

Shared letters: er. Private to "Ehre": h. Private to "entre": nt.

"Ehre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "entre" · 5 letters · shape VCCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ehreehhre · ehrre · erhe
  • entreenntre · enter · entrre · enttre · etnre · netre

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Ehre" and "entre" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ehre" is a noun and "entre" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Ehre" or "entre" show up more?
"Ehre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,439 in our German list, against #38,711 for "entre". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ehre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "entre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,487,860 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ehre" and "entre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entre vs euere". 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 #1,487,860 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