ImkervsimmerTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#23,571
“Imker” frequency rank
#73
“immer” frequency rank
23644
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Imker immer
Definition Person, die sich beruflich oder nebenberuflich mit Honiggewinnung und/oder der Zucht und Aufzucht von Bienenköniginnen befasst zu jeder Zeit

Where the eye mixes Imker and immer

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

5 ch
Imker
5 ch
immer

Look-alike desk: Imker vs immer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Imker is [ˈɪmkɐ] while immer is [ˈɪmɐ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - k in “Imker” becomes m in “immer”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adverb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23644, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Imker is recorded at frequency rank #23,571, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪmkɐ]. immer is at rank #73, tagged as anadv, pronounced [ˈɪmɐ].

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 23644, this pair ranks #1,858,558 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Imker vs immer

Shared letters: eimr. Private to "Imker": k. Private to "immer": -.

"Imker" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "immer" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Imkerikmer · imekr · imkerr · imkker · imkre · immker · miker
  • immerimemr · imer · immerr · immre · mimer

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Imker" and "immer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Imker" is a noun and "immer" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Imker" or "immer"?
"immer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #73 in our German list, against #23,571 for "Imker". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Imker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "immer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,858,558 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Imker" and "immer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Imker vs Imkerei". 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 #1,858,558 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