EinbrüchevsEinbrüchenTell them apart

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“Einbrüche” and “Einbrüchen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#21,225
“Einbrüche” frequency rank
#46,590
“Einbrüchen” frequency rank
67815
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Einbrüche Einbrüchen
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Einbruch Dativ Plural des Substantivs Einbruch

Where the eye mixes Einbrüche and Einbrüchen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. Einbrüche runs 9 letters (VVCCCVCCV) against Einbrüchen's 10 (VVCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
Einbrüche
10 ch
Einbrüchen

Look-alike desk: Einbrüche vs Einbrüchen

A purely visual mix-up. Einbrüche ([ˈaɪ̯nˌbʁʏçə]) and Einbrüchen ([ˈaɪ̯nˌbʁʏçn̩]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Einbrüche” sits inside “Einbrüchen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67815, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Einbrüche is recorded at frequency rank #21,225, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌbʁʏçə]. Einbrüchen is at rank #46,590, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌbʁʏçn̩].

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 67815, this pair ranks #527,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Einbrüche vs Einbrüchen

Shared letters: bcehinrü. Private to "Einbrüche": -. Private to "Einbrüchen": -.

"Einbrüche" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCCV  ·  "Einbrüchen" · 10 letters · shape VVCCCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Einbrüche" and "Einbrüchen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌbʁʏçə] versus [ˈaɪ̯nˌbʁʏçn̩]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Einbrüche" or "Einbrüchen" show up more?
"Einbrüche" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,225 in our German list, against #46,590 for "Einbrüchen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Einbrüche" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Einbrüchen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #527,893 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Einbrüche" and "Einbrüchen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Einbrechern vs Einbrüchen". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #527,893 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