EiernvsevenConfusable pair

Quick tell: Eiern is a noun, even is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Eiern” is a noun and “even” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,259
“Eiern” frequency rank
#18,532
“even” frequency rank
28791
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Eiern even
Definition Dativ Plural des Substantivs Ei eben, ausgeglichen

Letter map: Eiern vs even

Shared letters muted; letters that set Eiern and even apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Eiern
4 ch
even

Role in the sentence - Eiern and even

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Eiern is anoun and evenanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28791, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Eiern is recorded at frequency rank #10,259, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯ɐn]. even is at rank #18,532, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].

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 28791, this pair ranks #1,778,522 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Eiern vs even

Shared letters: en. Private to "Eiern": ir. Private to "even": v.

"Eiern" · 5 letters · shape VVVCC  ·  "even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Eierneeirn · eiernn · eierrn · eiren · ieern
  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Eiern" for "even" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Eiern" is a noun and "even" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Eiern" or "even" show up more?
"Eiern" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,259 in our German list, against #18,532 for "even". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "Eiern" and "even". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Eiern" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "even" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,778,522 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Eiern" and "even" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "even 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 #1,778,522 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