locationvsNahmenTell them apart

Quick tell: location is a noun, Nahmen is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“location” is a noun and “Nahmen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#13,429
“location” frequency rank
#2,510
“Nahmen” frequency rank
15939
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature location Nahmen
Definition Drehort männlicher Vorname

Letter map: location vs Nahmen

Shared letters muted; letters that set location and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

8 ch
location
6 ch
Nahmen

Grammar separator: location vs Nahmen

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: location is anoun and Nahmenaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

location is recorded at frequency rank #13,429, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Nahmen is at rank #2,510, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

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 15939, this pair ranks #1,939,918 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of location vs Nahmen

Shared letters: an. Private to "location": cilot. Private to "Nahmen": ehm.

"location" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • locationlcoation · llocation · loaction · locaiton · locatino · locationn · locatoin · locattion
  • Nahmenanhmen · nahemn · nahhmen · nahmenn · nahmmen · nahmne · namhen · nhamen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "location" for "Nahmen" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "location" is a noun and "Nahmen" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "location" or "Nahmen"?
"Nahmen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,510 in our German list, against #13,429 for "location". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "location" vs "Nahmen" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "location" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,939,918 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "location" and "Nahmen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "location 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 #1,939,918 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