Which to use
“enorm” and “enormes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,872
- “enorm” frequency rank
- #33,022
- “enormes” frequency rank
- 37894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enorm | enormes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | bedeutend, weitaus mehr als durchschnittlich | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm |
Where the eye mixes enorm and enormes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. enorm runs 5 letters (VCVCC) against enormes's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enorm vs enormes
A purely visual mix-up. enorm ([eˈnɔʁm]) and enormes ([eˈnɔʁməs]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “enorm” sits inside “enormes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37894, 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]. enormes is at rank #33,022, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eˈnɔʁməs].
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 37894, this pair ranks #1,578,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of enorm vs enormes
Shared letters: emnor. Private to "enorm": -. Private to "enormes": s.
"enorm" · 5 letters · shape VCVCC · "enormes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enorm" and "enormes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enorm" vs "enormes" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "enorm" and "enormes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enorm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "enormes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,578,274 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enorm" and "enormes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enormer vs enormes". 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 #1,578,274 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.