infernovsinterneConfusable pair

Quick tell: inferno is a noun, interne is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“inferno” is a noun and “interne” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,784
“inferno” frequency rank
#6,310
“interne” frequency rank
34094
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature inferno interne
Definition die Hölle Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs intern

Letter map: inferno vs interne

Shared letters muted; letters that set inferno and interne apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
inferno
7 ch
interne

Role in the sentence - inferno and interne

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: inferno is anoun and interneanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34094, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

inferno is recorded at frequency rank #27,784, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. interne is at rank #6,310, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪnˈtɛʁnə].

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 34094, this pair ranks #1,671,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of inferno vs interne

Shared letters: einr. Private to "inferno": fo. Private to "interne": t.

"inferno" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV  ·  "interne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • infernoifnerno · inefrno · infenro · infernno · inferon · inferrno · infferno · infreno
  • interneinetrne · innterne · intenre · interen · internne · interrne · intrene · intterne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "inferno" and "interne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "inferno" is a noun and "interne" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "inferno" or "interne" show up more?
"interne" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,310 in our German list, against #27,784 for "inferno". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "inferno" and "interne".

  • Full dictionary entry for "inferno" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "interne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,671,134 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "inferno" and "interne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inferno vs puzzles". 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 #1,671,134 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