energyvsgrecoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#8,353
“energy” frequency rank
#48,942
“greco” frequency rank
57295
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature energy greco
Definition Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie griechisch

Letter map: energy vs greco

Shared letters muted; letters that set energy and greco apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. energy runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against greco's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
energy
5 ch
greco

Role in the sentence - energy and greco

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: energy is anoun and grecoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

energy is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. greco is at rank #48,942, tagged as anadj, 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 57295, this pair ranks #906,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of energy vs greco

Shared letters: egr. Private to "energy": ny. Private to "greco": co.

"energy" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV  ·  "greco" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • energyeenrgy · enegry · energgy · energyy · enerrgy · eneryg · ennergy · enregy
  • grecogerco · ggreco · grceo · grecco · greoc · grreco · rgeco

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "energy" and "greco" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "energy" is a noun and "greco" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "energy" or "greco" show up more?
"energy" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,353 in our German list, against #48,942 for "greco". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "energy" and "greco". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "energy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "greco" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #906,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "energy" and "greco" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "greco 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 #906,814 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