NahmenvsnamesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#2,510
“Nahmen” frequency rank
#36,515
“names” frequency rank
39025
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Nahmen names
Definition männlicher Vorname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs name

Letter map: Nahmen vs names

Shared letters muted; letters that set Nahmen and names apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Nahmen
5 ch
names

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nahmen is aname and namesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Nahmen is recorded at frequency rank #2,510, classified as aname, pronounced […]. names is at rank #36,515, tagged as averb, pronounced [neɪmz].

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 39025, this pair ranks #1,548,177 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Nahmen vs names

Shared letters: aemn. Private to "Nahmen": h. Private to "names": s.

"Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "names" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Nahmenanhmen · nahemn · nahhmen · nahmenn · nahmmen · nahmne · namhen · nhamen
  • namesanmes · naems · namess · nammes · namse · nmaes · nnames

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Nahmen" and "names" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Nahmen" is a name and "names" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Nahmen" or "names"?
"Nahmen" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,510 in our German list, against #36,515 for "names". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "Nahmen" and "names". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "names" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,548,177 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Nahmen" and "names" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nagen vs names". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list