Which to use
“Naht” and “night” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,136
- “Naht” frequency rank
- #4,821
- “night” frequency rank
- 16957
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Naht | night |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Linie, wo sich zwei durch Nähen verbundene Stoffe berühren | Nacht |
Where the eye mixes Naht and night
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. Naht runs 4 letters (CVCC) against night's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses Naht with night
A purely visual mix-up. Naht ([naːt]) and night ([naɪt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Naht is recorded at frequency rank #12,136, classified as anoun, pronounced [naːt]. night is at rank #4,821, tagged as anoun, pronounced [naɪt].
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 16957, this pair ranks #1,931,573 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Naht vs night
Shared letters: hnt. Private to "Naht": a. Private to "night": gi.
"Naht" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "night" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Naht" and "night" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "Naht" or "night"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Naht" and "night" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Naht" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "night" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,931,573 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Naht" and "night" 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 #1,931,573 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.