frozenvsNahmenTell them apart

Quick tell: frozen is a verb, Nahmen is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“frozen” is a verb and “Nahmen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,941
“frozen” frequency rank
#2,510
“Nahmen” frequency rank
42451
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature frozen Nahmen
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs freeze männlicher Vorname

Letter map: frozen vs Nahmen

Shared letters muted; letters that set frozen and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

6 ch
frozen
6 ch
Nahmen

Role in the sentence - frozen and Nahmen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: frozen is averb and Nahmenaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42451, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

frozen is recorded at frequency rank #39,941, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Nahmen is at rank #2,510, tagged as aname, 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 42451, this pair ranks #1,448,882 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of frozen vs Nahmen

Shared letters: en. Private to "frozen": forz. Private to "Nahmen": ahm.

"frozen" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC  ·  "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • frozenffrozen · forzen · froezn · frozenn · frozne · frozzen · frrozen · frzoen
  • Nahmenanhmen · nahemn · nahhmen · nahmenn · nahmmen · nahmne · namhen · nhamen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "frozen" and "Nahmen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "frozen" is a verb and "Nahmen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "frozen" or "Nahmen" show up more?
"Nahmen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,510 in our German list, against #39,941 for "frozen". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "frozen" and "Nahmen".

  • Full dictionary entry for "frozen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,448,882 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "frozen" and "Nahmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "frozen 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 #1,448,882 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