HarmonievsharmonyConfusable pair

Which to use

“Harmonie” and “harmony” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,041
“Harmonie” frequency rank
#34,716
“harmony” frequency rank
43757
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Harmonie harmony
Definition gute Übereinstimmung, vor allem zwischen Partnern Harmonie, Übereinstimmung, Eintracht

Letter map: Harmonie vs harmony

Shared letters muted; letters that set Harmonie and harmony apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Harmonie runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against harmony's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Harmonie
7 ch
harmony

Pair insight - Harmonie / harmony

Harmonie and harmony 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 43757, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Harmonie is recorded at frequency rank #9,041, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˌhaʁmoˈniː]. harmony is at rank #34,716, 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 43757, this pair ranks #1,407,918 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Harmonie vs harmony

Shared letters: ahmnor. Private to "Harmonie": ei. Private to "harmony": y.

"Harmonie" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "harmony" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Harmonie ← ahrmonie · hamronie · harmmonie · harmnoie · harmoine · harmonei · harmonnie · haromnie
  • harmony ← ahrmony · hamrony · harmmony · harmnoy · harmonny · harmonyy · harmoyn · haromny

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Harmonie" and "harmony" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Harmonie" vs "harmony" - which ranks higher?
"Harmonie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,041 in our German list, against #34,716 for "harmony". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "Harmonie" vs "harmony" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Harmonie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "harmony" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,407,918 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Harmonie" and "harmony" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "harmony 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 #1,407,918 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