EhrevseuereTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#2,439
“Ehre” frequency rank
#43,159
“euere” frequency rank
45598
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Ehre euere
Definition innere Würde, die ein Mensch sich selbst gegenüber empfindet Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer

Where the eye mixes Ehre and euere

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

4 ch
Ehre
5 ch
euere

Why the eye confuses Ehre with euere

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Ehre is [ˈeːʁə] while euere is [ˈɔɪ̯əʁə]. 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 determiner), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45598, 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]. euere is at rank #43,159, tagged as adet, pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯əʁə].

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 45598, this pair ranks #1,347,610 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Ehre vs euere

Shared letters: er. Private to "Ehre": h. Private to "euere": u.

"Ehre" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "euere" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Ehreehhre · ehrre · erhe
  • euereeeure · eueer · euerre · euree · ueere

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Ehre" and "euere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Ehre" is a noun and "euere" a determiner, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Ehre" or "euere"?
"Ehre" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,439 in our German list, against #43,159 for "euere". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "Ehre" and "euere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Ehre" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "euere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,347,610 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Ehre" and "euere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "euere vs Euter". 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 #1,347,610 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