immervsImmoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: immer is a adverb, Immo is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#73
“immer” frequency rank
#33,126
“Immo” frequency rank
33199
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature immer Immo
Definition zu jeder Zeit männlicher Vorname

Where the eye mixes immer and Immo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
immer
4 ch
Immo

Visual trap between immer and Immo

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: immer is [ˈɪmɐ] while Immo is [ˈɪmoː]. 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 (adverb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33199, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

immer is recorded at frequency rank #73, classified as anadv, pronounced [ˈɪmɐ]. Immo is at rank #33,126, tagged as aname, pronounced [ˈɪmoː].

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 33199, this pair ranks #1,691,131 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of immer vs Immo

Shared letters: im. Private to "immer": er. Private to "Immo": o.

"immer" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "Immo" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • immerimemr · imer · immerr · immre · mimer
  • Immoimom · mimo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "immer" for "Immo" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "immer" is an adverb and "Immo" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "immer" or "Immo"?
"immer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #73 in our German list, against #33,126 for "Immo". 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 "immer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Immo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,691,131 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "immer" and "Immo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Immo vs IMs". 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 #1,691,131 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