EindruckvsEindrückeConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#1,473
“Eindruck” frequency rank
#7,596
“Eindrücke” frequency rank
9069
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Eindruck Eindrücke
Definition verbleibende Erinnerung, Vorstellung, die jemand oder etwas hinterlassen hat Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Eindruck

Where the eye mixes Eindruck and Eindrücke

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Eindruck runs 8 letters (VVCCCVCC) against Eindrücke's 9 (VVCCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Eindruck
9 ch
Eindrücke

Visual trap between Eindruck and Eindrücke

A purely visual mix-up. Eindruck ([ˈaɪ̯nˌdʁʊk]) and Eindrücke ([ˈaɪ̯ndʁʏkə]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9069, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Eindruck is recorded at frequency rank #1,473, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯nˌdʁʊk]. Eindrücke is at rank #7,596, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈaɪ̯ndʁʏkə].

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 9069, this pair ranks #1,981,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Eindruck vs Eindrücke

Shared letters: cdeiknr. Private to "Eindruck": u. Private to "Eindrücke": ü.

"Eindruck" · 8 letters · shape VVCCCVCC  ·  "Eindrücke" · 9 letters · shape VVCCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Eindruck ← eidnruck · einddruck · eindrcuk · eindrruck · eindrucck · eindruckk · eindrukc · eindurck

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Eindruck" and "Eindrücke" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈaɪ̯nˌdʁʊk] versus [ˈaɪ̯ndʁʏkə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Eindruck" vs "Eindrücke" - which ranks higher?
"Eindruck" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,473 in our German list, against #7,596 for "Eindrücke". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Eindruck" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Eindrücke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,981,592 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Eindruck" and "Eindrücke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Eindrücke vs Eindrücken". 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 #1,981,592 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