Which to use
“Nahmen” is a name and “office” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- #5,205
- “office” frequency rank
- 7715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Nahmen | office |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Vorname | Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro |
Letter map: Nahmen vs office
Shared letters muted; letters that set Nahmen and office apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Nahmen (CVCCVC) and office (VCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - Nahmen and office
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Nahmen is aname and officeanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Nahmen is recorded at frequency rank #2,510, classified as aname, pronounced […]. office is at rank #5,205, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].
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 7715, this pair ranks #1,987,169 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Nahmen vs office
Shared letters: e. Private to "Nahmen": ahmn. Private to "office": cfio.
"Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "office" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,987,169 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Nahmen" and "office" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "office vs puzzles". 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 #1,987,169 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.