emergencyvslabelsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#41,136
“emergency” frequency rank
#17,640
“labels” frequency rank
58776
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature emergency labels
Definition Notfall, Notlage, Notsituation 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs label

Letter map: emergency vs labels

Shared letters muted; letters that set emergency and labels apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. emergency runs 9 letters (VCVCCVCCV) against labels's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
emergency
6 ch
labels

Grammar separator: emergency vs labels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: emergency is anoun and labelsaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58776, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

emergency is recorded at frequency rank #41,136, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. labels is at rank #17,640, tagged as averb, 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 58776, this pair ranks #849,783 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of emergency vs labels

Shared letters: e. Private to "emergency": cgmnry. Private to "labels": abls.

"emergency" · 9 letters · shape VCVCCVCCV  ·  "labels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • emergencyeemrgency · emegrency · emeregncy · emergecny · emergenccy · emergencyy · emergenncy · emergenyc
  • labelsalbels · labbels · labells · labelss · labesl · lables · laebls · lbaels

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "emergency" for "labels" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "emergency" is a noun and "labels" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "emergency" or "labels" show up more?
"labels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,640 in our German list, against #41,136 for "emergency". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "emergency" vs "labels" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "emergency" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "labels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #849,783 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "emergency" and "labels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emergency 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 #849,783 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