Which to use
“evil” and “rogue” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,620
- “evil” frequency rank
- #34,338
- “rogue” frequency rank
- 49958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evil | rogue |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | böse | allein und bösartig: einzelgängerisch, aggressiv |
Letter map: evil vs rogue
Shared letters muted; letters that set evil and rogue apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. evil runs 4 letters (VCVC) against rogue's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: evil and rogue
evil and rogue are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evil is recorded at frequency rank #15,620, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. rogue is at rank #34,338, tagged as anadj, 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 49958, this pair ranks #1,192,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evil vs rogue
Shared letters: e. Private to "evil": ilv. Private to "rogue": goru.
"evil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "rogue" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "evil" and "rogue" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "evil" or "rogue" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "evil" and "rogue". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "evil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rogue" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,192,000 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evil" and "rogue" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rogue". 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 #1,192,000 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.