heartsvsHeeresTell them apart

Quick tell: hearts is a verb, Heeres is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“hearts” is a verb and “Heeres” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,341
“hearts” frequency rank
#16,446
“Heeres” frequency rank
43787
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hearts Heeres
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heart Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Heer

Letter map: hearts vs Heeres

Shared letters muted; letters that set hearts and Heeres apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
hearts
6 ch
Heeres

Grammar separator: hearts vs Heeres

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hearts is averb and Heeresanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43787, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hearts is recorded at frequency rank #27,341, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Heeres is at rank #16,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈheːʁəs].

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 43787, this pair ranks #1,407,008 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of hearts vs Heeres

Shared letters: ehrs. Private to "hearts": at. Private to "Heeres": -.

"hearts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC  ·  "Heeres" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • heartseharts · haerts · hearrts · hearst · heartss · heartts · heatrs · herats
  • Heereseheres · heeers · heeress · heerres · heerse · herees · heres · hheeres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hearts" for "Heeres" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "hearts" is a verb and "Heeres" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "hearts" vs "Heeres" - which ranks higher?
"Heeres" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,446 in our German list, against #27,341 for "hearts". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "hearts" and "Heeres". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "hearts" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Heeres" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,407,008 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hearts" and "Heeres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hearts 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 #1,407,008 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