Which to use
“energy” and “hotels” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,353
- “energy” frequency rank
- #3,592
- “hotels” frequency rank
- 11945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | energy | hotels |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Fähigkeit Arbeit zu verrichten: Energie | Plural des Substantivs hotel |
Letter map: energy vs hotels
Shared letters muted; letters that set energy and hotels apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. energy (VCVCCV) and hotels (CVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - energy / hotels
energy and hotels are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
energy is recorded at frequency rank #8,353, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. hotels is at rank #3,592, tagged as anoun, 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 11945, this pair ranks #1,967,070 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of energy vs hotels
Shared letters: e. Private to "energy": gnry. Private to "hotels": hlost.
"energy" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "hotels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "energy" and "hotels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "energy" or "hotels" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "energy" and "hotels".
- Full dictionary entry for "energy" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hotels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,967,070 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "energy" and "hotels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "energy 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 #1,967,070 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.