Which to use
“indes” is an adverb and “Inzest” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,194
- “indes” frequency rank
- #23,575
- “Inzest” frequency rank
- 30769
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indes | Inzest |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | jedoch, hingegen, aber, allerdings, andererseits, hinwiederum, unabhängig davon, trotz dessen, trotzdem, indessen | Geschlechtsverkehr zwischen engsten Blutsverwandten, zum Beispiel Eltern und Kindern oder Geschwistern |
Where the eye mixes indes and Inzest
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. indes runs 5 letters (VCCVC) against Inzest's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: indes vs Inzest
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indes is [ɪnˈdɛs] while Inzest is [ɪnˈt͡sɛst]. 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 noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30769, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indes is recorded at frequency rank #7,194, classified as anadv, pronounced [ɪnˈdɛs]. Inzest is at rank #23,575, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɪnˈt͡sɛst].
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 30769, this pair ranks #1,741,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indes vs Inzest
Shared letters: eins. Private to "indes": d. Private to "Inzest": tz.
"indes" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "Inzest" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indes" for "Inzest" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "indes" or "Inzest" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indes" and "Inzest" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Inzest" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,741,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indes" and "Inzest" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Infekt vs Inzest". 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 #1,741,439 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.