Which to use
“enorm” and “enorme” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,872
- “enorm” frequency rank
- #8,354
- “enorme” frequency rank
- 13226
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enorm | enorme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bedeutend, weitaus mehr als durchschnittlich | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm |
Where the eye mixes enorm and enorme
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: enorm vs enorme
A purely visual mix-up. enorm ([eˈnɔʁm]) and enorme ([eˈnɔʁmə]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “enorm” sits inside “enorme”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13226, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enorm is recorded at frequency rank #4,872, classified as anadj, pronounced [eˈnɔʁm]. enorme is at rank #8,354, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eˈnɔʁmə].
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 13226, this pair ranks #1,959,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enorm vs enorme
Shared letters: emnor. Private to "enorm": -. Private to "enorme": -.
"enorm" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "enorme" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enorm" and "enorme" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "enorm" or "enorme"?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "enorm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enorme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,959,306 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enorm" and "enorme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enorme vs entre". 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 #1,959,306 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.