evenvsmediaTell them apart

Quick tell: even is a adjective, media is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“even” is an adjective and “media” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,532
“even” frequency rank
#2,351
“media” frequency rank
20883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature even media
Definition eben, ausgeglichen Durchschnitt

Letter map: even vs media

Shared letters muted; letters that set even and media apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
even
5 ch
media

Role in the sentence - even and media

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and mediaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. media is at rank #2,351, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 20883, this pair ranks #1,892,651 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of even vs media

Shared letters: e. Private to "even": nv. Private to "media": adim.

"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "media" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen
  • mediaemdia · mdeia · medai · meddia · meida · mmedia

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "even" for "media" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "even" is an adjective and "media" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "even" or "media"?
"media" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,351 in our German list, against #18,532 for "even". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "even" vs "media" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "even" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "media" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,892,651 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "even" and "media" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "even vs puzzles". 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 #1,892,651 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