Which to use
“Internet” and “intranet” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #504
- “Internet” frequency rank
- #48,992
- “intranet” frequency rank
- 49496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Internet | intranet |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Online-Medium; weltweites, öffentliches Computernetzwerk | Intranet |
Where the eye mixes Internet and intranet
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: Internet vs intranet
A purely visual mix-up. Internet ([ˈɪntɐnɛt]) and intranet ([ɛ̃tʁanɛt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Internet is recorded at frequency rank #504, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪntɐnɛt]. intranet is at rank #48,992, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɛ̃tʁanɛt].
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 49496, this pair ranks #1,209,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Internet vs intranet
Shared letters: einrt. Private to "Internet": -. Private to "intranet": a.
"Internet" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "intranet" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Internet" and "intranet" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Internet" or "intranet" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Internet" and "intranet" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Internet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intranet" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,209,342 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Internet" and "intranet" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "internal vs Internet". 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 #1,209,342 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.