Which to use
“even” is an adjective and “ulli” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,532
- “even” frequency rank
- #32,322
- “ulli” frequency rank
- 50854
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | even | ulli |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | eben, ausgeglichen | Dativ Singular des Indefinitpronomens ullus |
Letter map: even vs ulli
Shared letters muted; letters that set even and ulli apart highlighted. No shared letter run. even (VCVC) and ulli (VCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for even / ulli
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: even is anadjective and ullianunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
even is recorded at frequency rank #18,532, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. ulli is at rank #32,322, tagged as anunknown, 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 50854, this pair ranks #1,157,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of even vs ulli
Shared letters: none. Private to "even": env. Private to "ulli": ilu.
"even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "ulli" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "even" and "ulli" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "even" vs "ulli" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "even" and "ulli".
- Full dictionary entry for "even" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ulli" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,157,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "even" and "ulli" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs ulli". 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 #1,157,825 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.