endenvsEngerWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: enden is a verb, Enger is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“enden” is a verb and “Enger” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,242
“enden” frequency rank
#5,701
“Enger” frequency rank
8943
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature enden Enger
Definition aufhören, am Ende sein, zu Ende kommen eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: enden vs Enger

Shared letters muted; letters that set enden and Enger apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
enden
5 ch
Enger

Grammar separator: enden vs Enger

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: enden is averb and Engeraname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8943, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

enden is recorded at frequency rank #3,242, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈɛndn̩]. Enger is at rank #5,701, tagged as aname, 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 8943, this pair ranks #1,982,115 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of enden vs Enger

Shared letters: en. Private to "enden": d. Private to "Enger": gr.

"enden" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "Enger" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • endenendden · endenn · endne · enedn · ennden · neden
  • Engeregner · enegr · engerr · engger · engre · ennger

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "enden" for "Enger" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "enden" is a verb and "Enger" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "enden" or "Enger" show up more?
"enden" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,242 in our German list, against #5,701 for "Enger". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "enden" vs "Enger" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "enden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Enger" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,982,115 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "enden" and "Enger" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Enger 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 #1,982,115 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