Which to use
“enorme” and “enormes” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,354
- “enorme” frequency rank
- #33,022
- “enormes” frequency rank
- 41376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | enorme | enormes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs enorm |
Where the eye mixes enorme and enormes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. enorme runs 6 letters (VCVCCV) against enormes's 7 (VCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: enorme vs enormes
A purely visual mix-up. enorme ([eˈnɔʁmə]) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “enorme” sits inside “enormes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
enorme is recorded at frequency rank #8,354, classified as anadj, pronounced [eˈnɔʁmə]. 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 41376, this pair ranks #1,481,283 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of enorme vs enormes
Shared letters: emnor. Private to "enorme": -. Private to "enormes": s.
"enorme" · 6 letters · shape VCVCCV · "enormes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "enorme" and "enormes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "enorme" vs "enormes" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "enorme" and "enormes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "enorme" 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 #1,481,283 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "enorme" 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 #1,481,283 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.