Which to use
“nahm” is a verb and “Naht” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #936
- “nahm” frequency rank
- #12,136
- “Naht” frequency rank
- 13072
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nahm | Naht |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs nehmen | Linie, wo sich zwei durch Nähen verbundene Stoffe berühren |
Where the eye mixes nahm and Naht
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. nahm and Naht follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: nahm vs Naht
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: nahm is [naːm] while Naht is [naːt]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - m in “nahm” becomes t in “Naht”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13072, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nahm is recorded at frequency rank #936, classified as averb, pronounced [naːm]. Naht is at rank #12,136, tagged as anoun, pronounced [naːt].
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 13072, this pair ranks #1,960,295 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nahm vs Naht
Shared letters: ahn. Private to "nahm": m. Private to "Naht": t.
"nahm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Naht" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "nahm" and "Naht" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "nahm" or "Naht"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "nahm" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Naht" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,960,295 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nahm" and "Naht" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nagy vs Naht". 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 #1,960,295 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.