HeerevsHeeresTell them apart

Which to use

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

#34,156
“Heere” frequency rank
#16,446
“Heeres” frequency rank
50602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Heere Heeres
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Heer Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Heer

Where the eye mixes Heere and Heeres

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Heere
6 ch
Heeres

Visual trap between Heere and Heeres

A purely visual mix-up. Heere ([ˈheːʁə]) and Heeres ([ˈheːʁəs]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Heere” sits inside “Heeres”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Heere is recorded at frequency rank #34,156, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈheːʁə]. 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 50602, this pair ranks #1,167,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Heere vs Heeres

Shared letters: ehr. Private to "Heere": -. Private to "Heeres": s.

"Heere" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "Heeres" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Heereehere · heeer · heerre · heree · hheere
  • Heereseheres · heeers · heeress · heerres · heerse · herees · heres · hheeres

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Heere" for "Heeres" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈheːʁə] versus [ˈheːʁəs]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Heere" 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 #34,156 for "Heere". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Heere" and "Heeres" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Heere" 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 #1,167,472 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Heere" and "Heeres" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Heere vs Hemer". 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 #1,167,472 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