euerevseureWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“euere” and “eure” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#43,159
“euere” frequency rank
#878
“eure” frequency rank
44037
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature euere eure
Definition Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer Nominativ Singular Femininum bei attributivem Gebrauch des Possessivpronomens euer

Where the eye mixes euere and eure

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
euere
4 ch
eure

Why the eye confuses euere with eure

A purely visual mix-up. euere ([ˈɔɪ̯əʁə]) and eure ([ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44037, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

euere is recorded at frequency rank #43,159, classified as adet, pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯əʁə]. eure is at rank #878, tagged as adet, pronounced [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə].

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 44037, this pair ranks #1,399,069 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of euere vs eure

Shared letters: eru. Private to "euere": -. Private to "eure": -.

"euere" · 5 letters · shape VVVCV  ·  "eure" · 4 letters · shape VVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • euereeeure · eueer · euerre · euree · ueere
  • eureerue · eurre · uere

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "euere" and "eure" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ˈɔɪ̯əʁə] versus [ˈɔɪ̯ʁə]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "euere" or "eure" show up more?
"eure" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #878 in our German list, against #43,159 for "euere". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "euere" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "eure" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,399,069 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "euere" and "eure" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "euere vs Euter". 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 #1,399,069 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