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.
Grammar separator: Nahmen vs names
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Nahmen" and "names" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Nahmen" or "names"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Nahmen" and "names".
- 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
Confusion rank #1,548,177 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.