energyvseveryWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#8,353
“energy” frequency rank
#18,231
“every” frequency rank
26584
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature energy every
Definition Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie jeder

Letter map: energy vs every

Shared letters muted; letters that set energy and every apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
energy
5 ch
every

Grammar separator: energy vs every

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: energy is anoun and everyanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

energy is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. every is at rank #18,231, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈɛvɹi].

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 26584, this pair ranks #1,815,798 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of energy vs every

Shared letters: ery. Private to "energy": gn. Private to "every": v.

"energy" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "every" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • energyeenrgy · enegry · energgy · energyy · enerrgy · eneryg · ennergy · enregy
  • everyeevry · everry · everyy · eveyr · evrey · evvery · veery

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "energy" and "every" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "energy" is a noun and "every" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "energy" or "every" show up more?
"energy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,353 in our German list, against #18,231 for "every". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "energy" vs "every" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "energy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "every" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,815,798 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "energy" and "every" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Eber vs every". 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 #1,815,798 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