HeerevshereConfusable pair

Quick tell: Heere is a noun, here is an adverb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Heere” is a noun and “here” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,156
“Heere” frequency rank
#7,066
“here” frequency rank
41222
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Heere here
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Heer hier

Where the eye mixes Heere and here

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Heere
4 ch
here

Look-alike desk: Heere vs here

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Heere is [ˈheːʁə] while here is [hɪə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41222, 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]. here is at rank #7,066, tagged as anadv, pronounced [hɪə].

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 41222, this pair ranks #1,485,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Heere vs here

Shared letters: ehr. Private to "Heere": -. Private to "here": -.

"Heere" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV  ·  "here" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Heereehere · heeer · heerre · heree · hheere
  • hereherre · hhere · hree

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Heere" and "here" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Heere" is a noun and "here" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Heere" or "here"?
"here" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,066 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.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Heere" and "here" 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 "here" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,485,827 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Heere" and "here" 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 #1,485,827 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