Which to use
“Nahmen” is a name and “nähren” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- #35,361
- “nähren” frequency rank
- 37871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Nahmen | nähren |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Vorname | etwas wachsen und mehr oder bedeutender werden lassen |
Letter map: Nahmen vs nähren
Shared letters muted; letters that set Nahmen and nähren apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Nahmen and nähren follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: Nahmen vs nähren
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nahmen is aname and nährenaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Nahmen is recorded at frequency rank #2,510, classified as aname, pronounced […]. nähren is at rank #35,361, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈnɛːʁən].
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 37871, this pair ranks #1,578,890 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Nahmen vs nähren
Shared letters: ehn. Private to "Nahmen": am. Private to "nähren": rä.
"Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "nähren" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Nahmen ← anhmen · nahemn · nahhmen · nahmenn · nahmmen · nahmne · namhen · nhamen
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Nahmen" and "nähren" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Nahmen" or "nähren"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Nahmen" and "nähren". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nähren" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,578,890 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Nahmen" and "nähren" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nagen vs nähren". 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 #1,578,890 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.