Which to use
“even” is an adjective and “right” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,532
- “even” frequency rank
- #9,445
- “right” frequency rank
- 27977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | even | right |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eben, ausgeglichen | Recht, Anrecht |
Letter map: even vs right
Shared letters muted; letters that set even and right apart highlighted. No shared letter run. even runs 4 letters (VCVC) against right's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - even and right
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and rightanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27977, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. right is at rank #9,445, 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 27977, this pair ranks #1,792,661 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of even vs right
Shared letters: none. Private to "even": env. Private to "right": ghirt.
"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "right" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "even" for "right" ever safe?
Frequency check: "even" vs "right" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "even" and "right". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "even" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "right" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,792,661 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "even" and "right" 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 #1,792,661 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.