Which to use
“Mehrer” is a noun and “mehrere” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,985
- “Mehrer” frequency rank
- #492
- “mehrere” frequency rank
- 42477
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Mehrer | mehrere |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Person, die eine größere Menge von etwas anhäuft | ein paar, einige |
Where the eye mixes Mehrer and mehrere
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Mehrer runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against mehrere's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Mehrer vs mehrere
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Mehrer is [ˈmeːʁɐ] while mehrere is [ˈmeːʁəʁə]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Mehrer” sits inside “mehrere”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs pronoun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42477, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Mehrer is recorded at frequency rank #41,985, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈmeːʁɐ]. mehrere is at rank #492, tagged as apron, pronounced [ˈmeːʁəʁə].
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 42477, this pair ranks #1,448,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Mehrer vs mehrere
Shared letters: ehmr. Private to "Mehrer": -. Private to "mehrere": -.
"Mehrer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "mehrere" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Mehrer" and "mehrere" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Mehrer" or "mehrere"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Mehrer" and "mehrere" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Mehrer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "mehrere" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,448,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Mehrer" and "mehrere" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Mehrer vs Möhre". 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 #1,448,091 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.