euchvsEuleConfusable pair

Quick tell: euch is a pronoun, Eule is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“euch” is a pronoun and “Eule” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#180
“euch” frequency rank
#17,286
“Eule” frequency rank
17466
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature euch Eule
Definition Personalpronomen 2. Person Plural Dativ nachtaktiver, in Wäldern lebender Raubvogel mit kurzem, krummem Schnabel und großen, scharfen Augen, der seinen rundlichen Kopf bis zu 270° drehen kann

Where the eye mixes euch and Eule

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

4 ch
euch
4 ch
Eule

Visual trap between euch and Eule

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: euch is [ɔɪ̯ç] while Eule is [ˈɔɪ̯lə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (pronoun vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17466, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

euch is recorded at frequency rank #180, classified as apron, pronounced [ɔɪ̯ç]. Eule is at rank #17,286, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯lə].

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 17466, this pair ranks #1,927,141 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of euch vs Eule

Shared letters: eu. Private to "euch": ch. Private to "Eule": l.

"euch" · 4 letters · shape VVCC  ·  "Eule" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • euchecuh · eucch · euchh · euhc · uech
  • Euleelue · euel · eulle · uele

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "euch" and "Eule" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "euch" is a pronoun and "Eule" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "euch" or "Eule"?
"euch" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #180 in our German list, against #17,286 for "Eule". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "euch" and "Eule" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "euch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Eule" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,927,141 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "euch" and "Eule" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Eule vs Eupen". 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 #1,927,141 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